A Document Based Question for Second Grade

Our

United States

Flag

A Document Based Question for Second Grade

Name______

Date______

Our United States Flag

Historical Context

The picture at the top of this page shows the United States flag. The Flag is an important symbol of the United States. It stands for our country and the people. There are many ways our country shows respect for the flag.

Task

Write a paragraph about how our country feels about the United States flag. Use the documents on the next three pages to write some detail sentences that tell how the people of our country show this.

How to Fold a Flag

Flags are not just a piece of cloth.

They mean something to the people of our country.

That is why there are some written rules

you need to follow when folding a flag.

Question#1 Why are there rules for how to fold the American Flag?

Main Street Parade in America

Horydczak, Theodore, "Washington as it Was." 1923-1959. American Memory.

Question#2 Where are the American Flags flying in each of the pictures?______

YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave,
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave
Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and blue
Where there's never a boast or brag,
But should auld acquintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag!

"You're a Grand Old Flag." National Flag Day Foundation, Inc.

Question #3 This song tells about the flag, and what it stands for. How does the song writer feel about the flag and why?

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Write a paragraph that tells how the people of the United States feel about their flag. Use the pictures and song to give some detail sentences on how they show this.

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Document-Based Question Feedback Review Form A

Name (optional):______

District: ______

Title Of DBQ Used: ______

Grade Level You Teach: ______

[1]How well did the students understand the task?

[2]How did students use the information in the historical context?

[3]Which documents seemed easier for students to understand? Why?

[4]Which documents seemed more difficult for students to understand? Why?

[5]How did students respond to how the DBQ was laid out (document sequence, formatting and spacing of text, pictures, etc)?

[6]Other:

Document-Based Question Feedback Review Form B

Name (optional): ______

District: ______Grade Level You Teach: ______

Title of DBQ Used: ______

Please circle your rating for each of the following questions. Five is considered outstanding and one underdeveloped.

Historical Context:

1. How well does it help to narrow the focus?54321

2. How concise and clear is it?54321

3. To what degree is its vocabulary age appropriate?54321

How well does it allow for students to gain an

understanding of the historical time and place in

which the DBQ is being written for?54321

Task

How well does the task explain what students

are to do?54321

Scaffolding Questions

How well do they help students to understand the

documents?54321

2. To what degree is the vocabulary age appropriate?54321

3. Are the questions clear in requirements?54321

Are they designed and set up in a user-

friendly way?54321

5. How well do the questions relate to the historical

context?54321

How well do the questions help students to make

connections among the documents?54321

Selection of the documents

To what degree of variety exists among the

different types of documents (i.e. pictures, text, maps,

charts, graphs, etc)?54321

How appropriate are the reading levels of the

documents to the age of the students taking this DBQ?54321

3. How clear and easy to read are the documents?54321

4. How well do the documents address the task?54321

Are the documents sequenced in such a way that

they aid students’ organization and understanding of material?YESNO