The DBQ Project
Education | Sep 24, 2025 9:00AM - 3:30PM
Teaching with Primary Sources: A Framework for Engaging Students with Historical Inquiry and Evidence-based Writing
Looking for ways to teach history through an inquiry approach? Looking for strategies to engage students with primary sources and historical thinking?
Document-based questions (DBQs) are often used as a way to assess a student's historical and analytical thinking skills and argumentative writing abilities. DBQs can also be used to teach historical content, literacy, and thinking skills in a student-centered approach. This session will take teachers through all the steps of the DBQ process in a lively, interactive way, providing strategies and approaches for teaching with DBQs to all students.
What's Included: lunch and refreshments, a framework for using primary sources and authentic writing experiences in class, a complimentary DBQ binder, free DBQ Online pilot opportunities, a ticket to the LBJ Presidential Library, access to the DBQ Teacher Toolbox, and access to the LBJ Library's teaching resources.