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Van Cortlandt House Museum
​Document Based Questions  Lessons

Van Cortlandt House Museum has developed a series of 3 document based questions "DBQ" lessons.   These lessons are based on the history of the Van Cortlandt family, their life on the plantation, and in Colonial New York City.   You can download these lessons at the link posted below.  
vc_dbq.pdf
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