Tackling the Essays

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Tackling the Essays
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Steps in Tackling the DBQ

• Know the rubric
• Quickly tackle the documents to look for
  categories to form your thesis
• Draft your thesis and note your groups
• Draft your topic sentences
• Find your evidence (from the documents)
• Tackle your documents again for POV (a 3rd time)
• Finish your outline, THEN write your essay

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The Generic Rubric

• You can score 9 points on the DBQ.
• You can score 7 points on the Core.
• In you earn all 7 points on the core, you might
  be able to earn 2 bonus points.
• If you follow Ms. Pughs advise, you wont even
  need to worry about the expanded core you will
  have it.

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The Thesis

• If you dont have a thesis or you have a really
  bad one it could cost you THREE points.

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Using Documents

• EVERY DOCUMENT must be mentioned at least ONE
  time in your essay.
• You cannot double-dip for document points
  (besides mentioning them). You must use documents
  more than once for it to count more than once.
• Understanding means you interpret it correctly
  (discuss/analyze it).
• You then use the document as evidence.
• To get points for grouping, you only need to put
  it in a group.

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Lets Look at a Question

• Think Start with thesis
• If it includes dates, they are important what
  is important about the dates?
• Should include the dates in the thesis
  statement.
• 2. Factors Hmmm? What about SPRITE or PERSIA
  could these be factors?

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SPRITE and PERSIA

• PERSIA

• SPRITE

• S Social (women, labor, class structure)
• P Political (or military)
• R Religious
• I Intellectual (ideas, books, art, culture)
• T Technological (inventions, new resources,
  etc.)
• E Economic

• P Political (or military)
• E Economic
• R Religious
• S Social
• I Intellectual (ideas, books, art, culture)
• A Around (think geography)

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Attack the Documents and look for factorsthat is
your question and will guide your thesis
Factors, factors? PEACE or nationalism???
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Another
Factorsfactors Nationalism or the economy!! Oh,
how about I use the same document in two groups?
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Continue finding factorslook for similar ones
Oh this is also about making money economics
2 documents make a group.
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How to get points for your thesis?

• Think of your thesis in three parts
• Answer the question that is asked in one or two
  CONNECTING sentences (this is your argument).
• Indicate the groups (3) that you will use to
  address the question. You will have more groups
  than just 3 more later.
• Give a hint as to what you will address in each
  group (especially if it is a very broad
  category).

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Now a rough thesis.

• In 1892 plans were being made to reestablish the
  Olympic Games. The first modern Olympic Games
  were held in 1896. The initial goal was to
  promote world peace, but from 1892 to 2002 many
  other factors shaped the modern Olympic movement.
  These factors included political factors such as
  demonstrating the political and military power
  intellectual factors, such as the rise of
  nationalism and social factors such as the rise
  of feminism. Economics, especially for the profit
  of corporations, also was a factor in later
  years.

This isnt great, but it will get the points
every time!!!!!!
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Other Thesis Statements???
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What about???
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More Thesis Information

• DO NOT try to be creative or persuasive in your
  essay!!
• These are historical INFORMATIVE essays and the
  only thing that matters is if you use evidence to
  support your argument.

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Apply Thesis to Outline
In 1892 plans were being made to reestablish the
Olympic Games. The first modern Olympic Games
were held in 1896. The initial goal was to
promote world peace, but from 1892 to 2002 many
other factors shaped the modern Olympic movement.
These factors included political factors such as
demonstrating the political and military power
intellectual factors, such as the rise of
nationalism and social factors such as the rise
of feminism. Economics, especially for the profit
of corporations, also was a factor in later
years.
Group 1 Topic Sentence
Group 2 Topic Sentence
Group 3 Topic Sentence
Evidence from Docs.
Evidence from Docs.
Evidence from Docs.
Conclusion
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Continue to Outline
In 1892 plans were being made to reestablish the
Olympic Games. The first modern Olympic Games
were held in 1896. The initial goal was to
promote world peace, but from 1892 to 2002 many
other factors shaped the modern Olympic movement.
These factors included political factors such as
demonstrating the political and military power
intellectual factors, such as the rise of
nationalism and social factors such as the rise
of feminism. Economics, especially for the profit
of corporations, also was a factor in later
years.
One of the factors that shaped the modern Olympic
Games was political, including nationalism.
Finally, economics played a major role in shaping
the modern Olympics.
Another factor was feminism.
Evidence from Docs.
Evidence from Docs.
Evidence from Docs.
Conclusion
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Now find your evidence
In 1892 plans were being made to reestablish the
Olympic Games. The first modern Olympic Games
were held in 1896. The initial goal was to
promote world peace, but from 1892 to 2002 many
other factors shaped the modern Olympic movement.
These factors included political factors such as
demonstrating the political and military power
intellectual factors, such as the rise of
nationalism and social factors such as the rise
of feminism. Economics, especially for the profit
of corporations, also was a factor in later
years.
Economics
Political, including nationalism
Feminism
3 pieces of evidence
3 pieces of evidence
3 pieces of evidence
Conclusion
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Documents Again Last Time

• POINT OF VIEW 3 Ws
• WHO says it
• WHAT does he/she say (this could be used as
  evidence to support your thesis)
• WHY does he/she say it (this is the POV and this
  is where you get POV points.

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ExamplesHow many POVs does this student have?
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ONE!!!
This is a POV.
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NO POINTS HERE
This is incorrect. The Cold War did not end in
1980.
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So the lesson

• Attempt to do POVs for EVERY documentYes, every
  document.
• Do enough correctly and you get into the expanded
  core!!!!

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Example of Point of View
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Example of point of view

• Willy Brandt, Chancellor of West Germany
  expressed great support for the ECC. Brandt
  stressed the importance of the ECC and how it
  might lead to lasting peace in Europe. According
  to Brandt, the ECC would be as significant to
  Europe as the Marshall Plan was however, since
  Brandt made these comments at Harvard University,
  he might have chosen the American Marshall Plan
  to highlight so that he could better connect with
  the American audience (doc. 9).

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ONE MORE EXAMPLE
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Are there any tricks to POV???

• Consider the following about each person
• Title, position, or job (economic motives,
  political motives, etc.)
• Male/female
• Country or religion of the person (in favor of
  country or historically doesnt like people from
  a different country supports or dislikes a
  religious group)
• Date the statement was made (around a war)
• Consider the type of document and why it was
  created
• Political speech, diary entry, newspaper article
  )what type of paper)
• Maps, graphs, charts who created it and why???
• Pictures, paintings who paid for it?

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Wait, isnt there something else I have to
include???

• The additional document
• This is simple, if you do it rightyou are really
  saying whose voice is NOT heard and what their
  voice would add to the discussion.
• Women
• Poor
• Those who lost
• Workers
• Ethnic Groups
• Look for obvious omissions

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Where do I put the additional document?

• Officially, anywhere, but just like POV, about ½
  of the additional documents are wrong, so I say
  include one per group REMEMBER TO SAY WHY
  ANALYSIS

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More???
Does any of these relate for FACTORS that shaped
the Olympics?
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New Question
So any additional document would have to apply to
attitudes toward technology
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Does this count?
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Examples (why did only one count?)
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What counts here?
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One More Question
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All this counts
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Now use your outline to finish a beautiful essay

• HEY LADY, What about the expanded core?

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Expanded Core

• Forget about it
• You are going to provide POV for each document
  and at least 3 additional documents (one per
  group) your Expanded Core is met!!!

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What if I cant remember the DBQ Rubric????
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Continuities and Changes Over Time
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Know the Rubric

• Same as DBQ for thesis (groups and time period)
  the global issue is the topic
• Evidence Rule of 3 include three pieces of
  evidence (facts, dates, names, etc) to prove your
  thesis. These must be discussed and/or analyzed
  in order to count!!!
• What happened in the world that made this happen.
  Include something outside of the region.
• How/why was this a change? What happened? What
  was the process that led to change and how/why
  did some things STAY THE SAME?

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Tackle the question

1. Know that something changed and something stayed
   the same or they would not have asked the
   question.
2. Note the topic formation of national
   identities.
3. Time Period what is the significance here (hint
   it has something to do with war)
4. Specific countries in the region do you know at
   least 3 countries in each of the regions??? If
   no, learn them before the test.

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Regions HUGE DEAL

• Middle East Egypt, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Turkey
• Southeast Asia Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia,
  Indonesia, Malaysia
• Sub Sahara Africa Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia,
  Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South
  Africa

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Quick Brainstorm
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Make your outline
Thesis follow same rules 3 groups include
time period answer question provide hints about
what changed and what stayed the same over time
include key changing event
Group 1 What it was like at the beginning?
Group 2 What was the key changing event?
Group 3 What was it like after the change?
Evidence include WHY it was like this
Evidence include WHY the key event happened
Evidence include what was the same and what was
different and WHY
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Common Mistakes

• Wrong Regions
• Wrong Time periods
• Not saying what stays the same
• No/little analysis what did change and why did
  they NOT change
• Make a global or world connection mention
  something that is happening in another region or
  something that is worldwide
• Not addressing the question (or all parts of the
  question)

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Compare and Contrast
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Know the Rubric

• Comparison means to say what is the same and what
  is different.
• This says at LEAST on you need THREE Rule of
  3!!!
• Analyze means to say why why is there a
  difference or similarity

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Tackle the Question
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Brainstorm Quickly
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Format of Essay

• Remember you only get points for pointing out the
  similarities and differences.
• Consider the following

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If you do the following
Where are you going to compare and contrast???
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The following also has some issues
Can work, but not always
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Best format to get POINTS
This requires a lot of prewriting if you have
time, do this!!!
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Use Outline
Thesis Same as before answer question, use
groups, and give hints
Political Goals and Outcomes
Economic Goals and Outcomes
Military Goals and Outcomes
Evidence
Evidence
Evidence
Conclusion
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Common Problems

• Describing the two things/events separately (with
  great evidence) but never comparing and/or
  contrasting NO POINTS FOR DESCRIBING
• Confusing dates, people, and places
• Running out of time and not finishing