Disclaimer: This is certainly not a checklist and we did not finish covering the 1920s or 1930s. Think of this as a process that you should repeat on your own over the next few days to refresh your understanding of the eras.
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DBQ Expectations
Introduction with:
3 Body Paragraphs with:
(optional) Conclusion with:
This is optional because you may have already earned a thesis point AND demonstrated complexity by explaining the nuance of an issue by analyzing multiple variables (meaning body paragraphs focused on various social, political, and economic themes)
Introduction with:
- Contextualization: Situate the argument by explaining the broader historical events, developments, or processes immediately relevant to the question. (4-5 specific references)
- Thesis: Present a thesis that makes a historically defensible claim and responds to all parts of the question. The thesis must consist of one or more sentences located in one place, either in the introduction or the conclusion. (Answer the question succinctly while previewing your body paragraph)
3 Body Paragraphs with:
- Use of the Documents: Summarize the content of at least six of the documents to support the stated thesis or a relevant argument. (Suggested to use 2-3 documents per paragraph)
- Sourcing the Documents: For at least 3 of the documents, explain the significance of the
- Context: This document was written in _____ at a time when __________ and this is significant because...
- Audience: This _______ (newspaper, diary, speech, cartoon) is addressed to ________ and this is significant because...
- Point of view: The author is ________ (gender, race, political party, ethnicity, etc) and this is shapes their opinion/ the value of the document because…
- Purpose: The purpose of the document is _________ and this is significant because...
- Outside Evidence: Provide examples or additional pieces of specific evidence beyond those found in the documents to support or qualify the argument. This must be more than a phrase or sentence and should be the majority of the paragraph.
- Argument Development: Develop and support a cohesive argument that recognizes and accounts for historical complexity by explicitly illustrating relationships among historical evidence such as contradiction, corroboration, and/or qualification.
(optional) Conclusion with:
This is optional because you may have already earned a thesis point AND demonstrated complexity by explaining the nuance of an issue by analyzing multiple variables (meaning body paragraphs focused on various social, political, and economic themes)
- Restatement of the thesis
- Synthesis: Extend the argument by explaining the connections between the argument and one of the following:
- A development in a different historical period, situation, era, or geographical area (go-to favorites are the Declaration of Independence or US Constitution)
- The effect on the period immediately following the essay prompt (avoid present day connections)
- Qualifying your argument by considering the counter-argument… and then refuting it