7th grade · DBQ #15
The Valladolid Debate
In 1550, Spain put its own conquest on trial. Students argue both sides of the Valladolid Debate in a structured academic controversy, then write…
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★ Inquiry DBQ Series · #14
The Columbian Exchange DBQ
The Columbian Exchange: who won and who lost?
Potatoes, horses, sugar, and smallpox crossed the Atlantic after 1492. Students sort the evidence into winners, losers, and mixed results, and wrestle with historians' disagreements over the numbers.
Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides3 class periodsComing soon
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (15 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (31 pages): hook, background essay, documents with analysis questions, sourcing organizer, bucketing and outline, writing task, 4-point rubric, teacher guide with answer key and sample essay
- Scaffolded version (18 pages): shorter excerpts, vocabulary support and sentence starters, with its own answer key
The documents
- Chart of the biological exchange
- Population of central Mexico
- The global potato
- Columbus’s 1493 letter
- The sugar mill
- The horse on the Great Plains
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 periods of 45–50 minutes
- Pages
- 64 total
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.H.CH.1, 7.G.HE.2, 7.E.ST.1, 7.I.Q, 7.I.UE, 7.I.CC
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