1. DBQ#1 DBQ FEEDBACK

2.  Analyze the prompt…what is the question it is asking you to answer?  Complete your brain dump  Categorize/bucket your information into PERSIA  Analyze and bucket your docs  Use the same buckets as your brain dump FIRST STEPS

3. Economic  A, B, C, D Political  E, F, J, K, M, N Social  G, H, I, L DBQ #1 BUCKETS

4. Be sure to use your document analysis to draft your thesis statement.  DO NOT use specific documents in your thesis  DO use PERSIA categories that you have docs to support THESIS STATEMENT

5. Fueled by sectional political divisions, debate over the economic future of newly acquired western lands, and a feud over slavery’s place in society, Southern states seceded from the union ultimately sparking a civil war. EXAMPLE THESIS

6.  Don’t simply summarize the docs!  “Doc A shows, Doc B shows”  Don’t directly quote. Instead, analyze  When writing your body paragraphs, use the docs to SUPPORT your claim  Claim (baby thesis) – Support (doc analysis) – Explain (tie to thesis)  Use Backwards Planning (from support to claim)  Present your information working forwards (claim, support, explain) USING THE DOCUMENTS- CSE

7. Claim  With deepening political divisions came differing constitutional interpretations. Support  Calhoun, a Democrat from South Carolina, wrote in his “A Discourse on the Constitution and the Government of the US” (Doc E) that secession is a constitutional act, and discontented states have the right to leave the union. Explain  This became a later justification for southern states seceding when Lincoln took office. EXAMPLE CSE

8. Skip the POV and just use the doc ID IF PRESSED FOR TIME…