Getting Started with DBQ Online

Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year! We hope the new school year has gotten off to a great start and that things are running smoothly in school and district. We understand all of the unique challenges that this school year presents and want to provide some resources and updates that will help make for a successful rollout and implementation of DBQ Online. We'll be sending out a "DBQ Online Support Series" newsletter periodically. Each newsletter will highlight strategies, techniques, tips, and tricks for using DBQ Online, as well as some different ways of approaching DBQs. We hope this helps!!!

Ready to get started? This guide will help you get started using DBQ Online. It will go over the basics of logging in, setting up classes and enrolling students, creating and customizing assignments, monitoring student work, and providing feedback. Click HERE for the DBQ Online Getting Started Guide for Teachers.

This is a guide to help students get started with DBQ Online. Included are sections on logging in and enrolling in a class, navigating the pages of an assignment, how to use the annotation tools, and where to access help supports. Click HERE for the DBQ Online Getting Started Guide for Students.

This guide is designed to help you think through and plan to teach a DBQ/Mini-Q unit. There are six sections to this guide, which correspond to each of the steps in the DBQ 6-step Method. Each section takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and consists of the following three activities: view a brief overview of the step, do the step as a student for the DBQ you plan to teach, and develop your plan of attack for teaching this step. Before you get started, you will need to think about what DBQ/Mini-Q you want to teach with your students. For a list of DBQs/Mini-Qs, click HERE. This will be the DBQ you will work through for each of the following sections. If you are not sure what DBQ/Mini-Q you want to teach, you can use one of our samples available on our website.

In the past, teachers were able to score student work on the DBQ Online platform using the four generic rubrics that are included in the Teacher Toolkit from the print binders. Teachers and administrators are now able to create customized rubrics that can be used to score student work directly on the platform.

The admin portal includes more features now than just pulling usage reports. District leaders will have the power to select schools, create groups of schools, and share out common assignments and customized rubrics.

DBQ101 is a self-paced professional development course that familiarizes teachers with The DBQ Project Method and teaches them how to make the process engaging and powerful for students. It is designed to replicate our full-day introductory workshops. Participants will work through the steps of The DBQ Project Method at their own pace, pausing to reflect and practice along the way. Teachers will first experience a DBQ from the student perspective, learning what it is like to learn with a DBQ, before transitioning to the teacher perspective to learn how to build a unit and support their students. Four fall windows are open for registration at no cost to online subscribers. Courses will launch on September 14, October 12, November 9, and December 14. Each course window will remain open for one month to complete.

On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked. Terrorists used airplanes as weapons and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people from 90 different countries lost their lives. This Mini-Q looks at different ways we remember this tragedy by focusing on three particular groups - the victims, the survivors, and the helpers.

In the summer of 1787, fifty-five delegates representing twelve of the thirteen states met in Philadelphia to fix the national government. The problem was that the existing government under the Articles of Confederation just wasn’t doing the job. It was too weak. The challenge was to create a strong central government without letting any one person, or group of people, get too much power. This Mini-Q looks at how the founders met that challenge.

Sandra Cisneros wrote The House on Mango Street in the early 1990s. The book presents a series of related short stories, spun from observations and memories of the Latino Neighborhoods of Chicago where Cisneros grew up. The characters on Mango Street may be unique, but their hopes and dreams are versions of a larger American Dream which has shaped this country since its creation. This Mini-Q looks at some of the obstacles that get in the way of achieving "the American Dream."

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