HOW TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE APUSH DBQ

FORMAT 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES 2 SECTIONS SECTION 1: 1 HOUR 40 MINUTES TOTAL 55 MX 40% & 4 SHORT ANSWERS 20% SECTION 2: 1 HOUR 35 MINUTES 1 DBQ 25% & 1 LONG ESSAY QUESTION (LEQ) 15%

DBQ DETAILS SUGGESTED TIME 55 MINUTES 15 FOR PREWRITE & 40 FOR ESSAY 7 POINT RUBRIC THESIS: 1POINT ANALYSIS: 0-4 POINTS CONTEXTUALIZATION: 0-1POINT SYNTHESIS: 0-1 POINT MUST USE ALL OR ALL BUT 1 OF THE DOCUMENTS USUALLY 6-7 DOCUMENTS WILL COVER PERIODS 2-8;

RUBRIC

DOCUMENTS: SOAPSTone SPEAKER: THE VOICE TELLING STORY OCCASION: TIME & PLACE, CONTEXT AUDIENCE: WHO IS MESSAGE RECEIVED BY PURPOSE: WHAT’S THE REASON BEHIND IT SUBJECT: WHAT’S THE TOPIC TONE: AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE, POSITION, BELIEF

A GOOD ESSAY …… INCLUDES AN INTRO PARAGRAPH WITH A BACK- GROUND STATEMENT & CLEAR, IDENTIFIABLE THESIS THAT ADDRESSES THE ENTIRE PROMPT. ALSO, YOUR CATEGORIES/TOPICS (ECO, POL, SOC ETC) CLEARLY STATED & DEFINITION OF UNCLEAR TERMS DOES NOT RESTATE THE QUESTION ANALYZES DOCUMENTS BY USING ADDITIONAL FACTS, INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE DOCUMENT (1 FACT PER DOCUMENT MINIMUM) MAKES AN ARGUMENT WITHIN THE LARGER TIME FRAME – PUTS ARGUMENT WITHIN CONTEXT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE SYNTHESIZES NOT ONLY DOCUMENTS, THESIS & OUTSIDE INFORMATION TOGETHER BUT ALSO THE IMPACT OF TOPIC ON THE FUTURE

PROCESS READ QUESTION – THEN RE-READ IT, TWICE IDENTIFY YOUR TASK: REWRITE THE QUESTION IN YOUR OWN WORDS CIRCLE OR UNDERLINE KEY WORDS/PHRASES IN PROMPT (DIRECTIONS, UNCLEAR TERMS, DATES) MAKE A QUICK TIMELINE OR LIST OF OUTSIDE FACTS; MAIN EVENTS FO THE ERA ORGANIZE/CATEGORIZE FACTS INTO PERSIA: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, ARTISTIC (ALL WON’T APPLY IN EVERY DBQ) THEN, READ DOC. & IN 2-3 WORDS WRITE THE MAIN IDEA FINALLY, GROUP DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT THESIS (PAIR UP FACTS W/ DOCS)

Source: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity (Written on board the Arbella on the Atlantic Ocean, 1630) God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, [that] in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and in subjection.... [Yet] we must be knit together in this work as one man. We must entertain each other in brotherly affection, we must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others' necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience, and liberality. We must delight in each other, make others' conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.... We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God,... shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us. HOMEWORK: TYPE AN INTRO & 1 BODY PARAGRAPH; 12 PT., TIMES NEW ROMAN, SINGLE SPACED, NAME, DATE, TEACHER, SI DUE MON/TUES.