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Posted by ideamktg
on January 31, 2019
Capistrano Unified School District has had a relationship with The DBQ Project for the past ten years. With the adoption of the Common Core and the C3 Framework, Social Studies Supervisor Nina Glassen and the…
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Posted by ideamktg
on January 29, 2019
The DBQ Online platform includes a feature that allows teachers to view and provide feedback on student work. Teachers can write comments for students on a sticky note like this! How does it really work?…
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Posted by ideamktg
on December 17, 2018
The DBQ Project recently attended the 98th NCSS Annual Conference. Held in Chicago, more than 4,200 attendees and 190 exhibitors were there from across the country. We enjoy attending NCSS each year and were grateful for…
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Posted by Chip Brady
on November 13, 2018
Here at The DBQ Project, we love that DBQ Online has taken off in many districts. Many teachers have shared their strategies on using the platform, and their main message to us, and one we…
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Posted by Molly Winter
on November 13, 2018
When we began writing our first DBQs in the late 1990s, the goal was to create units that were accessible to a broad range of high school students. In the early 2000s, with the writing…
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Posted by ideamktg
on August 28, 2018
In 2017-2018, the first year that DBQ Online was implemented, Aiken County’s 7th grade SCPASS (South Carolina’s Palmetto Assessment of State Standards) scores increased from 57.1% passing to 66.7% passing. That is a 9.6% increase! According…
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Posted by Allie Kushnir
on November 02, 2017
DevLearn Hyperdrive Competition: Each of the 12 participants have 8 mins to present their learning tool and are graded on a rubric by 4 learning peers who evaluate the challenge, obstacles, benefits, reach and outcomes. The…
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Posted by Allie Kushnir
on October 05, 2017
Why Jake loves DBQ… I have been using The DBQ Project in my middle school classroom for over six years. My students at McCombs are incredible, and each year I get better at teaching DBQ….
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Posted by Allie Kushnir
on August 09, 2017
Thinking about switching from print to DBQ Online? Listen to Brian Stottlemyer, a teacher from Washington County, MD speak about his experience transitioning last year.
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Posted by Allie Kushnir
on August 09, 2017
Listen to Shaquila talk about her experiences teaching DBQs! Then, check out our blog to learn more about what is happening across the country with DBQs.
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