★ Inquiry DBQ Series · #7
The Mongols DBQ
The Mongols: destroyers or connectors?
Were the Mongols destroyers or connectors? Students compare survivors of the conquests with travelers who crossed the empire safely, then take a side and defend it.
Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides3 class periods
License: one teacher and their own students.
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (16 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (27 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 (10 pages): shorter excerpts, vocabulary support and sentence starters, with its own answer key
The documents
- Juvaini on the fall of Merv
- Ibn al-Athir on the invasion
- William of Rubruck at Karakorum
- Marco Polo on the yam relay
- A paiza travel pass
- Map of the Pax Mongolica
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 periods of 45–50 minutes
- Pages
- 53 total
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.H.CE.2, 7.H.CO.2, 7.G.MM.1, 7.I.Q, 7.I.UE, 7.I.CC