Mini-Q’s in American History
Volume I:
Cabeza de Vaca: How Did He Survive?
Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die?
What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692?
Valley Forge: Would You Have Quit?
How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?
How Free Were Free Blacks in the North?
Remembering the Alamo: A Personal Journey
Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
The California Gold Rush: A Personal Journal
What Was Harriet Tubman’s Greatest Achievement?
The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was It a Turning Point?
North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction?
Volume II:
North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction?
The Long Drive: Will You Re-Up Next Year?
The Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie: Did It Make Him a Hero?
Should the United States Have Annexed the Philippines?
Progressivism: Where Will You Put Your Million Dollars?
Prohibition: Why Did America Change its Mind?
What Caused the Dust Bowl?
Why Did Japan Bomb Pearl Harbor?
Berlin, Korea, Cuba: How Did the US Contain Communism?
Politics or Principle: Why Did L.B.J. Sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What Made Cesar Chavez an Effective Leader?
Should the US Drill for oil in Alaska’s Wilderness?
Mini-Q’s in Literature
Volume I:
Class, Gender, and Race in To Kill A Mockingbird: Is Mayella Powerful?
The House on Mango Street: What Is the Biggest Obstacle to Reaching the American Dream?
Of Mice and Men: How Does Steinbeck Use Foreshadowing?
Harlem Renaissance Poetry: Does High Art or Folk Art Best Express Racial Pride?
Animal Farm: How Does Napoleon Stay In Charge?
Imagery, Irony, and Structure: How Do Writers Protest War?
Things Fall Apart: A Response to the District Commissioner
How Does E.E. Cummings Use Sight and Sound to Create Meaning?
Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame?
Macbeth: Who’s in Control?
Volume II:
How Does The Great Gatsby Reflect America in the Twenties?
How Did Abolitionists Make the Case Against Slavery?
Lord of the Flies: What Is the “Beast”?
Immigration: Was It Worth It?
The Relationship Between Huckleberry Finn and Jim: How Does Huck See Jim?
Holocaust Writings: How Does One Say the Unspeakable?
The Crucible and McCarthyism: What Are the Parallels?
Meaning and Metaphor: What Is Frost Saying?
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Was Wright Right?
Are Hamlet’s Actions Justified?
Mini-Q’s in Civics
What Types of Citizen Does a Democracy Need?
The Ideals of the Declaration: Which Is Most Important?
The Preamble and the Federal Budget: Are We Slicing the Pie Correctly?
How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?
Should Schools Be Allowed to Limit Students’ Online Speech?
Search and Seizure: Did the Government Go Too Far?
Is the American Jury System Still a Good Idea?
Should Americans Be Required to Vote?
Campaign Propaganda: Which Strategies Would You Use?
Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?