Lesson 5: DBQ Skill Workshop – Imperialism and Migration
Duration of Days: 4
Lesson Objective
Students will develop a historically defensible argument explaining the causes or effects of imperialism or migration using evidence from multiple documents.
How can documents be used to explain causation?
What distinguishes strong evidence from summary?
document-based question, sourcing, causation, evidence
APWH Unit 6 Topics 6.1–6.4
Skill 5.A, 6.A
Reasoning Process: Causation
Organizing analytical writing and integrating evidence effectively.
Students practice DBQ skills with a focus on causation and use of evidence.
Purpose: Strengthen document-based reasoning
DOK: 4
Using evidence to explain causes of modern global issues.
Students may list documents instead of using them analytically.
Sentence stems; guided sourcing questions.
Partial DBQ response with rubric-aligned feedback.
DBQ-style documents, scoring guidelines