Democratic features
7th Grade
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to analyze a series of sources related to the causes and effects of exploration and answer questions.
PLAN: handout DBQ test part A
Students will analyze 6 sources, identify main ideas and answer questions asking them to identify democratic and undemocratic aspects/features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times.
Assessment: tests
7th Grade
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to create an outline for a DBQ essay. Students will be able to identify democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times and find evidence from documents to prove those ideas.
PLAN:
Handback DBQ tests part A
Explain that today students will be creating an outline for their dbq essays. Go over DBQ question/task and format of outline
Model for students how to complete the outline. Do an example for them, one together and then have them do the rest on their own.
Independent work: students complete their dbq outlines asking them to identify democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times finding evidence from documents to support their features and reasons.
Closing: come together, explain that tomorrow we will go over our oulines and will discuss and review the components of a dbq essay and write a class introduction for this essay.
Assessment: outline
7th grade
OBJECTIVE: students will be able to create a thesis for a dbq essay. Students will be able to write an introduction for a dbq essay.
PLAN:
DO NOW: have students read task and historical context and answer a series of dbq related questions- what is the task asking, what would the main idea of each paragraph be, what would a thesis for this essay be.
Go over student answers- create a class thesis for the dbq essay.
Review components of an introduction
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to analyze a series of sources related to the causes and effects of exploration and answer questions.
PLAN: handout DBQ test part A
Students will analyze 6 sources, identify main ideas and answer questions asking them to identify democratic and undemocratic aspects/features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times.
Assessment: tests
7th Grade
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to create an outline for a DBQ essay. Students will be able to identify democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times and find evidence from documents to prove those ideas.
PLAN:
Handback DBQ tests part A
Explain that today students will be creating an outline for their dbq essays. Go over DBQ question/task and format of outline
Model for students how to complete the outline. Do an example for them, one together and then have them do the rest on their own.
Independent work: students complete their dbq outlines asking them to identify democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times finding evidence from documents to support their features and reasons.
Closing: come together, explain that tomorrow we will go over our oulines and will discuss and review the components of a dbq essay and write a class introduction for this essay.
Assessment: outline
7th grade
OBJECTIVE: students will be able to create a thesis for a dbq essay. Students will be able to write an introduction for a dbq essay.
PLAN:
DO NOW: have students read task and historical context and answer a series of dbq related questions- what is the task asking, what would the main idea of each paragraph be, what would a thesis for this essay be.
Go over student answers- create a class thesis for the dbq essay.
Review components of an introduction