Introduction DBQ

Directions: The task below is based on documents 1 through 5. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. Look at each document and answer the question or questions after each document. Use your answers to the questions to help you write your essay.

Historical Background:Documents can tell you a lot about a person that you may never meet. Personal documents about a person-whether it is an official government or religious document, photographs, letters, or their own work-can describe a person’s personality traits, emotions, or beliefs to you. Examining primary source documents, which are someone else’s personal documents, is not only a central part of social studies, and the way your teacher teaches social studies; it is also an important skill for your life!

Task:For Part A, read each document carefully and answer the question or questions after each document. Then read the directions for Part B and write your essay.

For Part B, use the information from the documents, your answers to the questions in Part A, and your knowledge of social studies to write a well organized essay. In your essay you will have to answer the following question:

Who is Mr. Hendrick?(In other words:

How would you describe Mr. Hendrick to someone who did not know him?)

________________________________________________________________________Part A: Read each document carefully and answer the question or questions after each document. Pay attention to the main ideas and information from each document. These will be used to help you write your essay!

Document 1. Baptism Certificate of Mr. H.-Baptism is part of the Christian religion. All different forms of Christianity-Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, etc.-take part in baptism. Baptism is the initiation into Christianity; it allows a person to enter into the religion. For many, it happens right after birth.

1. What is Mr. H’s full name

______________________________________________________________________________2. a. When and where was Mr. H. born?______________________________________________________________________________b. When and where was Mr. H baptized? ______________________________________________________________________________

Document 2. Photograph of a young Mr. H in costume:

3. What character is Mr. H dressed as in these pictures? ______________________________________________________________________________4. Make an inference about Mr. H’s opinion of the character from the previous question.______________________________________________________________________________Document 3-Photograph of Mr. H and brother going to their first Mets game.

5. What is Mr. H wearing that symbolized the MLB team the NY Mets?______________________________________________________________________________Document 4-Letter of Recommendation for Mr. H.

Dr. Alan Singer, Ph.D.

May 27, 2012

This is a letter of recommendation for William Hendrick for the PhD program at

the CUNY Graduate center. I have known Bill for over ten years. He is currently a social

studies teacher and coordinator at Halsey JHS 157 in Queens. I have known Bill since he

was an undergraduate when I supervised his student teaching. As a graduate student he

presented on a panel about his teaching experience at an international conference in

Grenada, Spain and wrote two articles published in Social Science Docket, one on the

impact of the Panama and Suez canals and a document-based essay question on Jewish

immigrants in New York. As a teacher, Bill has involved his JHS students as participants

and presenters at the annual Hofstra Middle School Museum. One year they created

displays on their own experiences as immigrants. He also has students participate in the

annual NY and Slavery Walking Tour. This passed year I have worked with Bill on a

Teaching American history grant developing unit packages on immigrants in New York

City that compared different waves of immigration. William Hendrick is a wonderful

teacher and school leader. He also has tremendous potential as a historian and educational

researcher. He has my highest recommendation.

6. Who wrote the letter of recommendation for Mr. H? What date was written?7. What program is Mr. H applying for? What institution or college is the program located?8. How is Mr. H described in the letter of recommendation? ________________________________________________________________________

Document 5-Mr. H’s Teaching Certificate

9. a. When is the “effective date” of this certificate?

b. How long has Mr. H been teaching for? _____________________________________________________________________________

Document 6. Mr. H studies PreColumbian civilizations-Pre-Columbian Civilizations are any from the Americans and the Caribbean before the arrival of Europeans in during the 15th Century.

A. Mr. H in Copan, Honduras: Copan was the site of a major Pre-Columbian city-state of the Mayans in Central America. Copan is located in western Honduras, near to the border Guatemala. Today, only ruins are left where once stood a great city-state.

B. Mr. H in Paquime, Mexico: Paquime - also known as Casas Grandes - was the largest Pre-Columbian city in Northern Mexico and the largest city in North America during the 1200’s. From 1200-1400 AD it was the center of culture for native people within a thirty thousand square mile area, which included far west Texas, southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, northeastern Sonora (Mexico), and northern Chihuahua (Mexico).

10. a. What type of civilizations is Mr. H visiting? Where are they located? ______________________________________________________________________________b. List two things Mr. H. is standing next to:1.____________________________________________________________________________2._____________________________________________________________________________Document 7. Mr. H visits ItalyItaly was the home of the Roman Empire, a large empire spanning the Mediterranean Sea. At its height, the Roman Empire included all of Italy, much of

England, Germany, France, Spain, North Africa, Eastern Europe to the Russian border, and the Middle East up to Iran.

Mr. H visits the Coliseum-Rome, Italy Mr. H visits Pompeii–outside of Naples, Italy

Mr. H rubs the feet of the Statue of St. Peter-St. Peter’s Basilica

11. List two places Mr. H. visited in Italy:

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2.____________________________________

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12. Based on photographs of Mr. H and his travels, how could you describe his personality?