17 Document Based and Constructed Response Questions For Elementary Students (DBQ CRQ)
These questions are designed to give elementary students guided practice in working with primary and secondary source material. They target grades 2 - 6 and address a variety of common social studies topics. DBQ's and CRQs help prepare students to do the work of historians and social scientists. For more of my posts for using DBQs in the elementary and secondary classroom click here. Hat tip to Kate Gillan, former K-8 Social Studies Director at East Irondequoit CSD and all the district teachers who produced this fine series of DBQ's and CRQ's.
Document Based Questions
Gr 2 Local History
Gr 3 Communities
Gr 3 Transportation
Gr 4 Colonial Period
Gr 4 Roles of Women
Gr 5 Civil War
Gr 5 The Iroquois
Gr 5 Government
Gr 5 Immigration
Gr 6 Classical Period
Gr 6 Eastern Religion
Constructed Response Questions
Grade 3 World Communities-1
Grade 3 World Communities-2
Grade 3 Maps
Grade 4 New York State History
Grade 5 Rainforests
Grade 6 Series
Image credit: Peter Pappas
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07/07/2012 at 7:21 am Permalink
When I teach workshops for the Teaching with Primary Sources program from the Library of Congress, it’s always a challenge to find great primary source integration ideas for lower elementary. I picked up several ideas from your post. Thank you for sharing them!
07/07/2012 at 9:59 am Permalink
Thanks Mary,
I’m working on a DBQ iBook on the US Homefront in WWII. If you have an iPad, and are willing, I can send you the beta version when it’s ready. I’d like some feedback from some DBQ pros like you. Let me know and I’ll add you to my ‘test’ list. It will be a free iBook, targeting 7-8th graders – with loads of multimedia.
27/03/2013 at 4:50 am Permalink
I would love to see what you are working on, Peter. I am in South Carolina, and I am currently using the homefront in my classroom and as a springboard for my district. I would love to see what you have to offer!
27/03/2013 at 10:20 am Permalink
Hi Albert,
I’ve been producing a series of iBooks – two of them deal directly with the US Homefront in WWII. You’ll see them in the sidebar on the right side of this blog.
Enjoy, Peter