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Housekeeping

Housekeeping. Grades updated (except for FRQ and Summer Work) New quiz make up policy: First time, I reset the score Second time, make an appointment. Activator. Pairs Read the DBQ contextual essay Contextualization : What else was going on at the time this was written

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Housekeeping

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  1. Housekeeping • Grades updated (except for FRQ and Summer Work) • New quiz make up policy: • First time, I reset the score • Second time, make an appointment

  2. Activator • Pairs • Read the DBQ contextual essay • Contextualization: • What else was going on at the time this was written • What was it like to be alive at this time? • What things were different back then? What things were the same? • What would it look like to see this event through the eyes of someone who lived back then? • Close Reading: • What are the claims/warrants? • What evidence does the author marshal in support? • What is left out? 10 min

  3. Tackling the DBQ

  4. Homework • Document analysis: use APPARTS + L document analysis strategy to critically analyze the eight documents in the DBQ packet. 3 min

  5. The Exam • Part I: Multiple Choice • 80 questions, 55 minutes • Part II: Writing • Mandatory 15 minute doc analysis and pre-writing; 115 minutes to write three essays • DBQ (recommended time: 45 min.) • FRQ (recommended time: 35 min. each) 3 min

  6. DBQ basics • First of three essays (the other two being the free response questions, or FRQ) • Mandatory 15 minutes to analyze the documents, take notes, pre-write • Recommended 45 minutes to write • Graded on a 1-9 scale; 5 is passing

  7. Steps to writing a good DBQ • Step One: break down the question • Step Two: brainstorm and group relevant outside information • Step Three: construct a strong thesis and structure • Step Four: analyze and group documents • Step Five: write the essay

  8. 1. Breaking down the question • Is it simple, complicated? • Break the question into parts • Rewrite the question in your own words (bullet points ok) • Long form • Short form (six words) • Shouldn’t take a lot of time (<1 min.) • Answer the question directly! • Identify and address verbs (effects, responses, consequences, etc.) Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? 5 min

  9. 2. Break down and group relevant outside information • “Brain dump” everything you know about the topic and question (time period, topics, concepts, identifications, etc.) • “Bucket.” Begin thinking about how to group information in a way that will help you structure your essay and answer the question directly: • Paragraphs divided by topic (i.e. SPICEE) • Paragraphs divided by chronology (e.g. decades, but with a “turning point”) 10 min

  10. 3. The Thesis • In the Anglo-Western tradition, a history paper, like many other kinds of academic writing, usually takes the form of an argument in support of a thesis. • NOT a statement of fact, a question, or an opinion • NOT a topic, or what the paper is about 5 min

  11. 3. Thesis • A statement that reflects what you have concluded about the topic under consideration for your paper. • Always arguable or debatable. • The central point to which all information in your paper relates. • A “three-pronged” thesis contains: • A claim (the conclusion that you are arguing) • Three warrants (reasons why your claim is valid)

  12. 3. Construct a (tentative) thesis and decide upon a structure • Analyze for type of writing: • Expository: explain, inform, describe • Persuasive: take a side, make an argument • +/-/= t-chart (good, bad, both) 5 min

  13. 3. Write a thesis • Claim + 3 warrants • Write a thesis • If it’s an argumentative prompt, write a counter-thesis

  14. 3. Tips, thesis • Embrace complexity, ambivalence: • Nuances, wrinkles, shades of grey • On the one hand/on the other; it could be/it could also be; Although; To an extent/to a degree • Form a conclusion: • More positive than negative • To a greater/lesser extent • Recognize that your thesis is a “roadmap” • Frame that the house is build around • Establishes the buckets/baby thesis • Chronological vs. topical

  15. Homework • Document analysis: use APPARTS + L document analysis strategy to critically analyze the eight documents in the DBQ packet.

  16. Homework • Prepare an outline for your DBQ essay

  17. 4. Let’s talk documents: • Most DBQs have 8-10 documents. You should use them all. • The documents can be a variety of types of sources -- letters, laws, pictures, graphs, maps, political cartoons, etc. • All documents are relevant to the question • Some will be trickier than others

  18. 4. Keys to breaking down documents • Answer: how does this document support my thesis and directly answer my question? • Use APARTS + L • Author • Place, Time and Context • Audience • Reason • The Main Idea • Significance • Limitations

  19. Debrief • Read through the class APARTS+L document analysis. • Revisions? • Lingering questions?

  20. Homework • Finish outline. You will write your DBQ essay in class tomorrow.

  21. 4. Grouping/using documents • Revisit your thesis (argument), buckets (subtopics), and structure (topical, chronological): do they hold up? Thesis: Buckets: Subtopic 1: Subtopic 2: Subtopic 3: Structure: topical (explaining causes that influenced the development of two different societies) not chronological (change over time)

  22. 4. Grouping/using documents Thesis: The English colonies of New England and Chesapeake colonies developed into distinct societies by 1700 due to i) different incentives and motivations for settlement, ii) different social compositions, and iii) different systems of governance. Buckets: i) different incentives and motivations for settlement ii) different compositions iii) different systems of governance Decide where to “drop” each document. Remember that documents should be in conversation with each other, and should highlight differences.

  23. 4. Grouping/using documents • Based on your background knowledge and the documents, what arguments can you make about each subtopic that explain the causes that contributed to the development of two different societies? • Write three “baby thesis.” • Each “baby thesis” should be the three warrants that support the central claim of your “mama thesis.”

  24. Outline • Intro • Grabber • Background/context • Thesis (claim + warrants a, b & c) • 3 body paragraphs: • Argument: baby thesis (taken from warrants a, b & c) • Specific and conflicting documentary evidence • Analysis/reasoning: how and why does each piece of evidence support your argument? • Conclusion • Restate thesis • Wrinkle in argument (what’s left out?)

  25. 5. Tips for using documents in your essay • Keep it simple -- you do not need to over-analyze each document. Find one piece of useful information and use it. • Set up your document -- introduce the speaker or the context. Don’t just dump in quotes • DON’T describe the document -- the reader will have the documents on hand. • Don’t quote documents– get right to the meaning. It is a timed essay, so wasting energy copying a quote is not a good use of time! • Don’t refer to docs as “Doc D”; identify documents specifically

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