1. Mini-DBQ: Jamestown

2. Your task… Read the documents
Work in groups to go through the documents
Find common themes in the documents
Which documents support your ideas?

3. The Question….
Why did early Jamestown struggle to survive?

4. Finding common themes…”bucketing”
Ex: location
Theme #2:
Theme #3

5. Now it’s time to write the paper
Using your rough draft and notes from documents you will write an essay on the topic…
This will be a summative grade—your 1st so make it great!!

6. Writing a thesis is like Cats and Kittens…
Thesis ---what are you trying to prove—this is your Mama Cat
Major points—these are your kittens…
Jamestown struggled in its early development because (Mama Cat)
Drought (Fluffy)
Location (Frisky)
Hostile Natives (Frady)

7. Paper outline format Hand written in class At least 5 paragraphs
Cite the documents that you use ex: (Doc B) at the end of the sentence
Do not group docs together…Doc A, C & E…each should have a separate point
Papers will have a thesis (introduction) and a conclusion

8. Formatting paper…
I. Thesis statement (include background information, and major points)
II. Body of paper—introductory topic sentence
A Major points #1
Include doc support & outside information NOT in docs
B Major points #2
C Major points #3
III. Conclusion