This resource includes 15 different teacher-created Common Core Middle East Document Based Question (DBQs) files that contain over 120 questions that reference primary and secondary sources such as political cartoons, graphs, tables, pictures, and excerpts of informational texts. These resources help students to become more critical readers of informational texts and resources and teachers students to evaluate resources for information. Each DBQ has the Literacy Standards for Writing in History/Social Studies Common Core alignment next to it so that you will be able to help students make connections between social studies and their literacy standards. The zipped folder includes 15 files that explore critical Middle East elements including:

Sunnis and Shias Part 1 and Part 2
Middle East Tariffs, Sanctions, Embargos, and OPEC
Middle East Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Middle East Governments
Middle East Oil and Economics
Middle East Water Pollution and Distribution of Water
Israel and Palestine Feud
Middle East Poverty and Literacy Rate
Middle East War in Iraq
Middle East War in Afghanistan
Middle East Water and Population
Middle East Zionism
Middle East Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
Middle East Foreign Currency Exchanges

Common Core Middle East Document Based Questions (DBQs) by Dr. Joel Boyce is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Total Pages

40 pages

Answer Key

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Teaching Duration

1 month

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRH.6-8.1

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

CCSSRH.6-8.2

Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

CCSSRH.6-8.6

Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

CCSSRH.6-8.7

Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

CCSSWHST.6-8.2

Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

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