How to Write a DBQ Essay The WHAP Way!

1) Analyze the Question Circle the subject Underline the verb Bracket the boundaries or limits

2) Read Attributions & DOCS ATTRIBUTION-phrase, info that identifies and describes the author/origin of a DOC AND gives insight to understanding of POV In the source line, circle anything “suspicious” that you think might have influenced the author/doc As you read the DOCS, look for a pattern Look for ways you can put DOCS in logical groups SLOSAP analysis of each DOC

3) Pre Write Decide what your categories will be and write them in the blank white space in the “green book” Political Economic Social 1,4 2,6 3,5 Group DOCS by category Remember a single DOC can fall in more than one group Remember, a group can consist of only 1 DOC Write a practice THESIS

3.a) Thesis Has the categories named Takes a stand Answers the Question All parts of the question Time Period (not required) makes the THESIS stronger!

4) INTRO paragraph THESIS statement/sentence/s Time Period/Occasion/Event that caused the need for the DOCS to be written Don’t forget to identify your various groups that you put the DOCS in!

5) 3 or 4 Body Paragraphs EACH paragraph must tie back to the categories (grouping) in the Thesis Statement This is where you discuss each of the DOCS you put in that group and how they support your thesis EACH paragraph explain POV of at least ONE DOC! Explain WHAT might have influenced the Speaker of the Particular Document in terms of POV or BIAS!

6) Conclusion Explain what 2 additional DOCs or Points of View would have helped you support your thesis. HOW would they help Think about whose POV is missing WHY would that POV be important to the question Restate your THESIS in a different way

How to Reference a DOC Marco Polo, European Traveler, in his “collected letters” (DOC 1) stated,”….” The Greek Historian Herodotus in his “History of the Persian Wars” (DOC 5) referred to….. The Byzantine Emperor in his “Edict on Taxes” (DOC 3) instructed…..

Larry Bell’s Twelve Power Words Support Back it up Prove Explain Teach me or show me Tell the steps Summarize Tell the main idea Tell the beginning, middle, and end of Predict Hypothesize Make an educated (smart) guess Compare Tell ALL THE WAYS they are the same AND All the ways they are different Contrast Tell ALL the ways they are different Trace Outline Follow the path Analyze Break down into parts Tell about the parts Infer Read between the lines What is the hidden meaning Evaluate Tell the good and the bad Judge it Formulate Create Put together Describe Tell me about Paint a picture in words

There are 300 ways to say “SAID” Find a better word for “Said”: Implies, confesses, suggests, contents, declares, remarks, reports, affirms, hints, maintains, proposes, comments, observes, implores, responds, insists, writes, alleges, asserts, admits, discloses, insinuates, reveals, demands, explains, emphasizes, proclaims, insists, acknowledges, concedes, replies, divulges, argues