Delve into U.S. History primary source analysis like never before with Document-Based Question Activities. In each of the 28 chronological DBQs, students analyze pivotal eras of history to make valuable connections.

Digital Download includes a complete teacher edition PDF and editable PDF student pages for each book. Printable and projectable, digital DBQs are perfect for seamless teaching in class, at home, or any combination.

• Student DBQ activities are separated into individual and interactive PDF files your students can type directly into. They simply type their responses, save, and send it back to you!
• A teacher answer key for each DBQ is grouped with the corresponding sample student essay position for easy access!
• Activities are designed to work with any LMS, including Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology.

Fully Editable Student DBQs!

Assess student progress, practice document analysis, prepare for testing, strengthen historical thinking skills, and more with:

• Instructions and tips to improve student scores
• Ready-to-go reproducible primary source documents and analysis questions
• Essay question prompts with sample positions and a scoring rubric
• C3 and Common Core national standards alignment

Document-Based Question Activities from European Migration Through the Civil War:

• The Great European Migration
• The Colonies Take Off!
• Prelude to Revolution
• The American Revolution
• Challenges of a New Nation
• The Constitution
• His Majesty George Washington?
• Jefferson Buys 530 Million Acres
• Growing Pains
• When Smokestacks Were Beautiful
• The Race Wars Continue
• America at a Crossroads
• The Tragic Prelude to War
• Brother Against Brother

Document-Based Question Activities from Reconstruction to Today:

• Recovery and Expansion
• The Double-Edged Sword of Capitalism
• Progressive Spirit and Reform
• Imperial America
• The End of Innocence
• The Roaring Twenties
• The Great Depression and a New Deal
• The Last Great War 
• Peace and the Cold War 
• The Flower Children March
• Chaos, Order, and Social Change
• The Reagan Revolution
• The Modern President 
• In Your Lifetime  

©2019. High school. Reproducible. 135 and 143 pages. Set includes one of each book.

Digital Books Download: PDFs.

Print Books: Spiral-bound. 8.5 x 11 inches. The print books do NOT include digital PDFs.

Bundle: Includes all print books and PDF downloads.

About the Author

Nickole Loman is currently a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Hendersonville, TN. She adores working with middle school students due to their positive energy and willingness to push themselves to the next level. She has enhanced student motivation with a daily infusion of music, cooperative learning, theatrical performances, lively discussion, and team-building games. Outside of her profession, she enjoys spending time with her pets, reading books, watching historical-fiction television series, listening to 80s and 90s pop music, and constructing social studies lessons. She is especially grateful for her opportunity to work with Teacher’s Discovery, in which she feels a sense of accomplishment by helping other teachers.