Purpose: Develope student writing in the Social Studies
Review of Practice: The Document Based Question Project offers a model curriculum for students to engage with primary sources and other historical works in order to be able to develop evidence based writing in the Social Studies discipline. Specifically they implement a model framework that implements a hook, thesis development, document analysis, and outline model. This model system fosters student skills including analysis and argumentation so that students may improve at using documents as evidence in their writing. The model curriculum offers possibly the most robust library of prompts and supporting documents for students to develop their writing of any Social Studies resources.
Impact: Literacy trends continue to be a point of emphasis with students in all discplines. What we have see in many local districts is a continued struggle for students to develop refined and academic writing. The DBQ project model, and its heavy scaffolding, offer a student the necessary support to make improvement with their writing. The model excels over many additional programs in providing a plan of progression that allows the scaffolding to be gradually reducded over the course of the school year so that students become more self-reliant with their writing as their skills improve.
Program Link: DBQ Project
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