EGUSD: DBQ Project – What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692?

DBQ Project – What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692?

Joseph Kerr Middle School teacher, Nolan French walks viewers through the DBQ Project (Document Based Questions): What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? Students experienced this common core based six step lesson over a four day period.

00:00 Step 1 – Engaging the Student: The Hook
04:25 Step 2 – Build Context: Background Essay
06:47 Step 3 – Clarify the Question & Pre-Bucketing
09:00 Step 4 – Understanding the Documents
11:17 Step 5 – Grouping the Documents: Bucketing
15:37 Step 6 – Thrash Out to Essay
20:56 Credits

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