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“How to Guide for D ocument B ased Q uestion Essays”. Global History 9 Mr. Meetze. What is a D ocument B ased Q uestion (D.B.Q.) Essay?.
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“How to Guide for Document Based Question Essays” Global History 9 Mr. Meetze
What is a Document Based Question (D.B.Q.) Essay? • A D.B.Q. is designed to function as a ‘Mini Research’ paper where the student is provided 9 Short Answer research questions based on 3 Separate Global History Topics which are then used to write a ‘Final’ Essay Paper on the Final Exam Sample Document
Rules of ALL D.B.Q.’s • How Many Paragraphs should D.B.Q.’s be? • How many Documents do you need to cite in your D.B.Q essay? • Can You use the Historical Context as your Introduction Paragraph?
Terms You Need to Understand • Student Thoroughly addresses all Tasks • Essay is More Analytical than Descriptive • Use of Relative Outside Information • Richly Supports the Documents with Facts & Details
NYS Sample 10th Grade D.B.Q. First Thing Read & Highlight ALL S.S. Keys First Thing Underline What you need to do in each body Paragraph
The ‘2-1-0’ Game • Next step go through and answer all Short Answer Questions. • Each question will either receive a 2, 1, or 0. • In order to Receive a 2 make sure the Answer is in Complete Sentences, Does NOT Restate the Question, and is a minimum of 2 Sentences.
Document 2 Directions: You have the next few minutes to read and answer on your own the Short Answer or Scaffolding Questions using the ‘2-1-0’ model.
DBQ Scoring 5,4,3,2,1 Rubric = 100 = 80 = 60
DBQ Scoring 5,4,3,2,1 Rubric = 40 = 20
D.B.Q Outline • First Take out a Sheet of paper • Quickly Draw a big Square, an Upside Triangle, & a Triangle • Within the Square divide the object into 6 sections using 3 lines.
1st Title of DBQ Use Your Sample Outline Intro- Min 4 Sentences Link Back 2 Events Prior to DBQ Question 3 Body Paragraph Topics ‘Bottle Cap’ Write the DBQ Question Doc # Outside Info Brainstorm at least 4-5 specific facts not found in the Documents per Paragraph 7-10 Sentences Minimum Open the ‘Bottle Cap’ Write the DBQ Question Either Link DBQ Question to next Event or Relate the event to life today Conclusion Min 4 Sentences
1st Title of DBQ Use Your Sample Outline Link Back 2 Events Prior to DBQ Question ‘Bottle Cap’ Write the DBQ Question 3 Body Paragraph Topics Doc # Outside Info Brainstorm Outside Info, Minimum 4-5 for each topic Open the ‘Bottle Cap’ Write the DBQ Question Either Link DBQ Question to next Event or Relate the event to life today
Sample DBQ 10-15 minutes total on the Outline • Paleolithic Age • Life as a Nomad Docs Outside Info Neolithic Revolution - Live in Bands of 25-35 1,2,3 Industrial Revolution Green Revolution Revolutions in General or Revolution effects today
Writing the DBQ Reminders • Make sure the Intro and Conclusion does not consist of ‘This is What I’m Going to Do’ and ‘This is What I just Wrote’ • Be sure to Cite your documents by either saying ‘In Doc 2’ or (Doc 2) at the end of the sentence
Writing the DBQ Reminders • After you write a sentence make sure you can not ask yourself a Who, What, Where, When, Why, or How question. If so you didn’t write with enough depth • Be sure to use your outside info along with your information found in the document to achieve ‘Analysis’
Writing the DBQ Reminders • Check the grading rubric and self grade your essay 5,4,3,2,or 1 scale. • Did you address all aspects of the task? • Did you answer the question?