Holding Persia Together DBQ

What's included

• Student DBQ packet: hook, background reading, Documents A–F with analysis questions, evidence organizer, bucketing and outline pages, C-E-R essay and 4-point rubric
• Scaffolded version with shorter excerpts, plain-words versions and sentence starters
• Teacher presentation with speaker notes, plus a teacher guide with standards, pacing, answer key and a sample essay

The documents

• Document A: Darius lists his 23 lands (Behistun)
• Document B: Cyrus lets the exiles of Judah go home
• Document C: Darius pays for the temple from tribute
• Document D: Herodotus on the twenty satrapies
• Document E: The Royal Road and relay messengers
• Document F: Darius on liars and rebels (Behistun)

Documents A and F: The Behistun Inscription, trans. L. W. King and R. C. Thompson (1907), public domain. Documents B and C: Ezra 1:1–4 and 6:3–8, King James Version (1611), public domain. Documents D and E: Herodotus, The Histories, Books III, V, and VIII, trans. G. C. Macaulay (1890), public domain.

Good to know

Class time

3 class periods

Format

Editable Google Slides

Answer key

Included

Standards: KAS Grade 6: 6.C.CP.1, 6.H.CH.1, 6.H.CO.1, 6.C.CP.2, 6.I.UE.1, 6.I.CC.1