Post on 26-Mar-2015
Launch List
• 1. Have DBQ packet and answers out from yesterday
How to write a DBQ
• The Key to writing a solid DBQ is coming up with a good thesis.
• The thesis is the task restated as something you are going to prove.
Think of it as a Love Letter
• Task: Discuss 3 reasons you love your special someone, and 2 reasons you will be together forever.
=• Thesis: There are many reasons I love
you, and many reasons we will be together forever.
Body Paragraphs MAKE A T CHART based on the Task
Reasons I love you Reasons we will be together forever.
Where do you put your thesis?
• THESIS STATEMENT = The last sentence of your introduction paragraph.
• *****What you are going to prove*****
• Thesis: There are many reasons I love you, and many reasons we will be together forever.
How do you prove it ?
• In your body paragraphs, using the documents.
How long does my essay have to be?
• 6 paragraphs
• 1 Introduction
• 2,3,4,5 4 body paragraphs
(1 for each document you want to use)
• 6. Conclusion
Introduction
• 5 Ws + Hist. Con = solid intro.
Introduction
• You need to give the reader information on the topic to “set the scene”
• 5 W’s– Who did it effect? – What was happening during this time? – Where did this take place?– When did it happen? – Why was it interesting?
• Use parts of your historical context
Introduction
• Use parts of your historical context
Introduction
• You CANNOT RE-WRITE THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
• (Although you must use information from it)
Body Paragraphs
• Pick 4 documents that will prove your thesis
• Make a T Chart
Body Paragraphs MAKE A T CHART based on the Task
New rights for Freedman Rights taken away
Body Paragraphs
• Use 4 documents
• 2 new rights
• 2 how rights were taken away
• Be sure to reference them “As shown in document # 1…
Outside Information
• Knowledge about the topic not in the documents
• Put this in any body paragraph, or write a separate paragraph.
Conclusion Paragraph
• Rundown or summarize what you proved.
Total Paragraphs
• There is no maximum # of Paragraphs, only a minimum of 6