Sailing into the Unknown

What's included

• Student DBQ packet (17 pages): hook, background reading with vocabulary, Documents A–C with plain-words versions and questions, Evidence Organizer, bucketing and C.E.R. planner, paragraph page, 16-point rubric, and teacher guide with answer key and a sample paragraph
• Scaffolded version (17 pages): the same documents in plain words, with fill-in-the-blank questions, sentence starters, the same rubric and its own answer key
• How to Use guide: standards, two-day pacing, teaching tips and grading notes

The documents

• Document A: Columbus's 1492 agreement with the king and queen of Spain
• Document B: Columbus's 1493 letter home about his first voyage
• Document C: Marco Polo on the riches of Asia, from a book Columbus owned

All public domain, with full source lines.

Good to know

Class time

2 periods of 45 minutes

Pages

34 total

Format

Editable Google Slides

Rubric and key

Included

Standards: KAS Grade 4: 4.H.CE.1, 4.E.IC.1, 4.I.UE.1–3