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How To Do An Honors Humanities

How To Do An Honors Humanities. D. B. Q. A "Dazzling" D. B. Q. Is Like a Tasty Hamburger. The Introductory Paragraph. The “Top Bun” of your essay! 4-6 sentences. Place your topic in historical context. Establish TIME & PLACE . Establish the zeitgeist (spirit of the times).

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How To Do An Honors Humanities

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  1. How To Do An Honors Humanities D B Q A "Dazzling" D. B. Q. Is Like a Tasty Hamburger

  2. The Introductory Paragraph The “Top Bun” of your essay! 4-6 sentences • Place your topic in historical context. Establish TIME & PLACE. Establish the zeitgeist (spirit of the times). • Allude to the SUB-TOPICS or categories you will discuss to support your thesis statement. IE. Political, social, economic, etc. • Create a clear, THESIS STATEMENT. Your thesis should allude to your subtopics and state what your essay will prove. [underline or highlight it!] • Tip: Focus on the question at hand—do NOT begin with a “flowery” sentence! Write in 3rd person (avoid I, you, us, we, etc.) Avoid absolute words (All, never, everyone, etc. No “laundry list!”

  3. The "Meat" Paragraphs About 8-12 sentences per paragraph 3 or more Body Paragraphs • Identify your sub-topic or category in the first sentence. You must have at least 3 groupings and use at least 2 docs for each group. • Include the documents that are relevant to support the ideas in the paragraph. • Example of how to reference documents: The 19c historian, Jacob Burkhardt, felt that ….(Doc. 9) • Use most of the documents given [70%]. • Illustrate your content knowledge. Bring in supportive/ relevant outside information. This is critical! • Be sure to indicate Point-of-View (POV)/bias

  4. How to Use the Documents • Remember, documents are not necessarily facts. Eyewitnesses, political and religious leaders, etc. have different biases, and worldviews. They may see the same event or person in a completely different way. • Attribution  State who this person is (title, position, socio-economic status) • Point of View  State from what worldview the author, artist is coming? How reliable and accurate is the source? What is the tone or intent of the document/author? Note that gender, occupation, class, religion, nationality, political position or ethnic identity of the author could influence his/her views. • What other information does this document call to mind? Use all available clues Remember, docs. can be used in a variety of ways!

  5. The Concluding Paragraph The “Bottom Bun” of your essay! About 5-7 sentences • Start with a “concluding phrase.” • Restate your thesis statement a bit differently. • Restate your main points a bit differently • Put your essay answer in a larger historical perspective. End of or beginning of some trend/movement/idea, etc. Do NOT end on the note that this is the reason we are where we are today!

  6. Put It All Together And...

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