DBQ Day 2Windy Mulder

Horizon Middle School

Good Morning!Please write down today’s

agenda in your planner

Vocab quiz will be given shortly

Background Essay Activity

Go over background essay questions

Read essay

Answer questions

Understanding the Question

What is the analytical question asked by this DBQ? How did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt?

What terms in the question need to be defined? “shape” and “ancient”

Rewrite the question in your own words. How did the Nile River influence the lives of

people in Ancient Egypt?

Buckets Using clues from the DBQ question, let’s think

of possible analytical categories and label some “buckets” where we can place our facts.