CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION OCTOBER 8, 2014 CIVICS

STINGER SHOULD THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1787 HAVE RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION? IF SO, EXPLAIN THREE REASONS THAT THE US CONSTITUTION WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION OR COLONIAL EXPERIENCES. IF NOT, EXPLAIN THREE REASONS THAT THE CONSTITUTION WAS INHERENTLY FLAWED.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DBQ- PART 1: SCAFFOLDING READ THE QUESTION: SHOULD THE PEOPLE HAVE RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION IN 1787? JOT DOWN IDEAS FOR ANSWERING THEQUESTION BASED ON WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW READ THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND DOES THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY YOU INTENDED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE THE INITIAL YES OR NO ANSWER WITHOUT SUPPORTING STATEMENTS? CAN YOU ORGANIZE YOUR RATIONALE FOR SAYING WITHER YES OR NO INTO THREE CATEGORIES? READ EACH DOCUMENT AND FULLY ADDRESS THE SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS BELOW THE DOCUMENTS. GROUP THE DOCUMENTS INTO THREE CATEGORIES THAT SUPPORT YOUR YES OR NO ANSWER

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DBQ- PART 2: PREWRITING CREATE A PREWRITING WEB THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION AND ORGANIZE THE DOCUMENT DRAW A CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PAPER AND WRITE EITHER “SHOULD HAVE BEEN RATIFIED” OR “SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RATIFIED.” DRAW AT LEAST THREE CITRCLES CONNECTED TO THE FIRST CIRCLE LABEL EACH WITH ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU DEVELOPED FOR THE DOCUMENTS. CONNECT THEM TO THE NUMBERS OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT MATCH EACH CATEGORY JOT DOWN A NOT EFOR YOURSELF ABOUT HOW THAT DOCUMENT RELATES TO YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DBQ- PART 3: WRITING USE YOUR WEB TO WRITE AN ESSAY AS IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1787 MAKE SURE THAT YOUR EDITORIAL FULLY ADDRESSES THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE RATIFIED YOUR ESSAY SHOULD HAVE FIVE PARAGRAPHS INCLUDING AN INTRODUCTION, THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS BASED ON YOUR CATEGORIES, AND A CONCLUSION EACH BODY PARAGRAPH SHOULD REFERENCE AT LEAST ONE DOCUMENT AND FULLY EXPLAIN HOW THAT DOCUMENT SUPPORTS YOUR FINAL ANSWER