I remember document-based questions (DBQ’s) from the AP US History exam, for which I had to analyze and synthesize several primary and secondary sources to answer the question. I enjoyed the task (NERD!), and before I’d heard of PARCC, I had my students work on DBQ’s throughout the year, usually in social studies. Now that PARCC is here, I’ve started calling these tasks “resource-based questions” (RBQ’s) since there’s a new emphasis on multimedia resources. It is the 21st century after all. I’ve started collecting sites that offer RBQ and DBQ resources.

• Open Ed – online library of games, videos, assessments, etc. that you can search by grade level, CCSS, NGSS, and more.
• Edteck – Using DBQ’s at the elementary level, including sample questions with the accompanying documents, which could be easily adapted to meet needs of a different location, grade level, etc.
• Document-based question resources from Port Washington School District in NY

What resources do you use to help students synthesize multiple sources?