DQs DOK: Can you identify the depth of knowledge of these questions?

DOK Level?👉🏻 "Although loosely mentioned, how are Native Americans portrayed in The Scarlet Letter? What does Hawthorne's attitude about indigenous people make clear about the relationships between America's first peoples and the Puritan colonists? Is Hawthorne’s portrayal of Native American culture a projection of his background (adding a W to his original Hathorne to distance himself from a forebearer of the Salem Witch Trials) or an homage to the time period?"

DOK Level?👉🏻 "The play opens with guards on duty, feeling anxious as a result of the previous night's sighting of a ghost. Who was the first individual in the play to see the ghost of the late King Hamlet?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"Do you think Hamlet would have killed Claudius if his father’s ghost hadn’t talked to him?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"In your opinion, did Hamlet know Polonius was the person behind the curtain when he stabbed him? If not, who do you think he thought it was? Did he not react to it being Polonius because he became unconscious or because he knew it was Polonius?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"How does Hamlet handle balancing his instincts with his “duty” to get revenge for his father? Are there times where your parents want you to do one thing, but your gut tells you to do something else?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"What influence does Claudius’s character have on the characters in the play? Is Claudius actually the villain or the only “evil” character that is responsible for the characters’ tragedies?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"The play portrays Ophelia as a weak female in a time period when assertive females were stigmatized and submissive females were celebrated yet Shakespeare’s own ruler was Queen Elizabeth. Why do you suppose society continued these rigid social norms when it was such a contradiction? Do we still do this today? Would a female president change anything?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"Do you think Gertrude knew about the murder of Old Hamlet and was she cheating on him with Polonius [🤦🏻‍♀️] while he was still alive?"

DOK Level?👉🏻"Can people of authority, like Kings or presidents, afford to get angry? What should leaders do with their anger?"