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★ Inquiry DBQ Series · #2

Order or Justice? DBQ

How well did medieval law codes create order, establish justice, and protect the people who lived under them?

Trial by boiling water, a qadi's court, or a written law? Students compare medieval law codes to judge how well each created order, delivered justice, and protected ordinary people.

Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides3 class periods

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What's included

  • Teacher presentation (10 slides) with speaker notes
  • Full DBQ packet (25 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 (9 pages): shorter excerpts, vocabulary support and sentence starters, with its own answer key

The documents

  • Justinian’s Institutes (533)
  • Fulbert of Chartres on the feudal oath
  • The Qur’an on fair judgment
  • The Salic Law of the Franks
  • Ordeal of boiling water formula
  • Magna Carta, clauses 39–40
  • Data: What was a life worth?

Good to know

Class time
3 periods of 45–50 minutes
Pages
44 total
Format
Editable Google Slides
Answer key
Included

Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.C.CV.1, 7.C.PR.1, 7.C.RR.1, 7.I.Q.1–3, 7.I.UE.1–3, 7.I.CC.1–5