Does the United States parallel the Roman Empire in any way? Young historians work with four documents in order to answer this query as part of a structured DBQ assignment.

Concepts

roman government, roman history, roman culture, ancient rome, document analysis, document-based questions, historical analysis, historical documents

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• This worksheet sets up an excellent process for analyzing documents and completing DBQ assignments in the future

Classroom Considerations

• Documents to be analyzed are presented in a PowerPoint (see included materials), but you can also print copies of the PowerPoint slides for individual analysis, or send the PowerPoint to students in a 1:1 classroom environment

Pros

• Excellent guiding analysis questions
• All documents and assignment instructions provided

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.9 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 WHST.6-8.1.a