Samia Muhareb, an eighth grade social science instructor, who is seen teaching in a classroom in 2019, at Rancho Viejo Middle School in Hemet, was recently featured as a “Superstar Teacher” in an educational blog celebrating classroom success using the Document Based Question learning model. Valley News/Courtesy photo
HEMET – Samia Muhareb, eighth grade social science instructor at Rancho Viejo Middle School, was recently featured as a “Superstar Teacher” in an educational blog celebrating classroom success using the Document Based Question learning model, Thursday, Jan. 28.The DBQ model provides a method of teaching evidence-based, argument writing so that students can learn the skills of primary source document analysis, gain historical thinking skills and learn how to write an argumentative essay using evidence from documents they have analyzed. Hemet Unified School District has been using the curriculum to supplement core adoptions in middle and high school history-social science. This year the district added the online version to support virtual learning.DBQ questions are commonly see
