Yorkers DBQs - Discovering Government Records

Document-Based Question: Discovering Government Records

Interpretive Guide
page 4

Description: Students develop an awareness of the importance of local government records and how they can enrich their understanding of history, and analyze a variety of local government records through a guided learning experience.

Publication date: July 2000

Number of pages: 26 total (cover page – 1; interpretive guide – 12; primary source documents – 13)

PDF files available for download:

Interpretive Guide (163 kB)
Primary Source Documents
– Document 1 (634 kB)
– Document 2 (750 kB)
– Document 3 (539 kB)
– Document 4 (653 kB)
– Document 5 (556 kB)
– Document 6a (398 kB)
– Document 6b (550 kB)
– Document 7 (438 kB)
– Document 8 (238 kB)
– Document 9a (208 kB)
– Document 9b (430 kB)
– Document 10 (759 kB)
– Document 11 (538 kB)

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