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How To Do a Great

How To Do a Great. B. Q. D. Document -Based Question. A Great D.B.Q. response Is Like a tasty hamburger. Or a Veggie burger…. Steps to your DBQ response:. 1. Read the documents, using your document analysis steps. (like SOAPStoneB )

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How To Do a Great

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  1. How To Doa Great B Q D Document -Based Question

  2. A Great D.B.Q. responseIs Like a tasty hamburger Or a Veggie burger…

  3. Steps to your DBQ response: • 1. Read the documents, using your document analysis steps. (like SOAPStoneB) • 2. Read the question more than once. Circle the key words. • 3. Create a brief outline • 4. Write your essay • 5. Review your essay

  4. The Introductory Paragraph The “Top Bun” of your essay! 4-6 sentences

  5. The Introductory Paragraph: • Establish TIME & PLACE. • Create a clear, THESIS STATEMENT.[underline or highlight it!] • Allude to the SUB-TOPICS or categories you will discuss to support your thesis statement (body paragraphs) • Focus on the question at hand

  6. The “”Meat”” Paragraphs The “tasty” part of your essay! 6-8 sentences + per paragraph

  7. The “”Meat”” Paragraphs • Identify your sub-topic or category in the first sentence. • Include the documents that are relevant to the paragraph. • Use most of the documents given. • Bring in supportive outside information from the time period. What are the economic, social and political issues, themes, and events? This is critical!! • Why were these documents selected?

  8. How to Reference a Document in Your Essay • Thomas Paine, in his pamphlet, Common Sense, said: “………………….” • Joe Shmoe, a mid-Western delegate to the Republic convention in 1912, agreed with….. • The 19c historian, Frederick Jackson Turner, felt that …………………. (Doc. E) NEVER begin with: In Document 3, …..

  9. The Concluding Paragraph The “Bottom Bun” of your essay! It holds it all together! 3-4 sentences

  10. The Concluding Paragraph • Restate your thesis statement a bit differently. • Put your essay answer in a larger historical perspective. End of some trend/movement/idea, etc. Beginning of some trend/movement/idea End of one & beginning of another.

  11. Put It All Together, And . . . .

  12. Ummmmm, Burger! I Mean, A Perfect Essay!

  13. For Homework Tonight: Create a rough draft in outline form using this format: Write out your introductory paragraph. Create a loose outline of your “meat” ¶s in this manner: Skip a line from your intro. ¶ Identify the “theme”/thesis of this first “meat” ¶ [underline or highlight it] Indent bullets listing all facts/doc. info. and other “o.i.”s that you will need in that ¶ When done with that ¶, skip a line and do the same for the other “meat” ¶s

  14. For Homework Tonight: Skip a line after your last “meat” ¶ and write you concluding ¶ out in full. Bring your outline into class tomorrow and I will divide the class up into small “peer review” groups. You will then read over the outlines of the other group members and make suggestions/corrections IN A CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER.

  15. Now, After the Peer Review Session, Go Home & Write Your Essay AndDazzle MeWith Your Brilliance!

  16. YOU CAN DO IT!!

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