What needs to be in a DBQ? Thesis that takes a stand. – Don’t be overly flowery – Don’t hesitate to underline your primary thesis sentence. General knowledge about how the question relates to the overall time period, context Some specific Outside Knowledge that highlights the General Knowledge Demonstrated understanding of how the documents connect to the thesis

DBQ Grading – New Style 7 Points 1 Point - Thesis 0-4 Use of Docs 1 Point - Broader Historical Context 1 Point - Synthesis

1 Point for Thesis Address all parts of the question. Take a stand / make an argument. Demonstrates understanding of what question REALLY asks. Do not JUST restate the question.

4 Points – Use of Docs / Outside Info 3 Points – – Use 6 documents (all but 1) – Connect docs to thesis (analysis = evidence + context) – For each one address one of the following – Audience, Purpose, Context, P.O.V. 1 More Point – Use of relevant OUTSIDE Information -

1 Point - Contextualization Connects this argument, and documents to broader historical context of the time

1 Point – Synthesis (Demonstrates complexity of understanding) Accounts for contradictory arguments Connect to another historical period / episode / circumstance Appropriately modifies the stated argument or thesis

DBQ Reading the Question 1.Read and highlight the question: 1.Look for Question action words like agree / disagree – Why – Demonstrate – to what extent - evaluate – assess - discuss 2.Note any dates referenced in the question – What is going on at that time period? When is the date in relation to the big 12? – 3.Note any people / events / terms referenced in the question. 2.Re-write the question in your own words focusing on “What is it really asking?” 3.Blurb! Make a stream of consciousness list of ideas / terms / considerations that pop into your head in relation to the question 4.Go back and read the question again – does anything from your blurb list make you re-consider what the question is all about? 5.Now read the documents and ask yourself how the documents relate to the items from your blurb / parts of the question

1977 The debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 revealed bitter controversies on a number of issues. Discuss the issues involved and explain why these controversies developed.

Using the documents Remember – Analysis = Evidence + Context YOUR JOB – Provide the context – Explain how the evidence relates to the bigger picture Crucial to address time / audience / purpose

Why do I ask you to SOAPSTone? – What does it mean to Analyze the Docs v. Describe them? – If analysis = evidence + context – then Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose are all the context….. – Who is saying something and WHEN matters. Example: A coach with 3 Superbowl rings makes a controversial call at the end of the game that results in a loss. V. A rookie head coach with a losing record makes the same call with the same results….

Contextualizing Doc References – You can assume the reader is familiar with them, but you should not assume the reader has them memorized. – + Showing you understand why the SPEAKER is important is part of your analysis…. You should refer to the documents in context.

1.Thomas 1.Thomas Paine, in his pamphlet, Common Sense, Sense, said: “………………….” 2.Joe 2.Joe Smith, a mid-Western delegate to the Republican convention in 1912, 1912, agreed with….. 3.The 3.The 19 c 19 c historian, Frederick Jackson Turner, Turner, felt that …………………. (Doc. E) NEVER begin with: In Document 3, … How to Reference a Document in Your Essay

DBQ – Document Red Flags DBQ Document RED FLAGS Overquoting – You do not need a direct quote from the documents you use Quotes you do use should be short and targetted. (Less than a line) Using the documents just to describe. Not just what …. SO WHAT

THE BIG BUT In most DBQs you are asked to make generalizations. Keep in mind that no generalization is perfect, you need to ID and address the big BUT… This is “Understanding the Complexity of the Issue”

Common Mistakes Discribing v. Analysing IdentiFy Source’s – Context of who is saying It and why they would say that at that time The “why these controversies developed” part of the question Ignoring chronology –C–Confuzing Ratification era Federalists v. Anti-Feduralists with Federalists v. Dem-Rep Federalists v. Antifederalists is SO 1789 …. Not appropriate in 1795 If language is deliberately inflammatory … that matters –“–“Womanish attachment to France” –“–“Anglican, monarchical” Hamilton document that criticized A/S is a big BUT Slander v. Freedom of Press (do we know Zenger?) Bipartisan v. Partisan