Antebellum DBQ - Tredyffrin/Easttown School District
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Antebellum DBQ Below, in italics are the instructions you will see on the AP Exam DBQ. Read these to familiarize yourself with the expectations and the language used. For this exercise, see the directions listed below. In your response you should do the following. • State a relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question. • Support the thesis or a relevant argument with evidence from all, or all but one, of the documents. • Incorporate analysis of all, or all but one, of the documents into your argument. • Focus your analysis of each document on at least one of the following: intended audience, purpose, historical context, and/or point of view. • Support your argument with analysis of historical examples outside the documents. • Connect historical phenomena relevant to your argument to broader events or processes. • Synthesize the elements above into a persuasive essay. Directions: 1) Annotate each document, explaining how you would use it within your essay. Your description should demonstrate analysis beyond description. 2) Fill out the essay organizer in detail 1. Analyze the extent to which the Constitution was a source of sectional discord and tension, ultimately contributing to the failure of the union it had created. IU P HC POV
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Antebellum DBQ
Below, in italics are the instructions you will see on the AP Exam DBQ. Read these to familiarize yourself with the expectations and the language used. For this exercise, see the directions listed below.
In your response you should do the following.
• State a relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question. • Support the thesis or a relevant argument with evidence from all, or all but one, of the documents. • Incorporate analysis of all, or all but one, of the documents into your argument. • Focus your analysis of each document on at least one of the following: intended audience, purpose, historical
context, and/or point of view. • Support your argument with analysis of historical examples outside the documents. • Connect historical phenomena relevant to your argument to broader events or processes. • Synthesize the elements above into a persuasive essay.
Directions: 1) Annotate each document, explaining how you would use it within your essay. Your description should demonstrate analysis beyond description. 2) Fill out the essay organizer in detail
1. Analyze the extent to which the Constitution was a source of sectional discord and tension, ultimately contributing to the failure of the union it had created.
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ESSAY ORGANIZER
INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH
Historically Contextual Intro:
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Thesis: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Essay map themes (You should go beyond writing one or two words for each. Elaborate and refine.)
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2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
3) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
BODY PARAGRAPH I
Topic Sentence I-‐ ______________________________________________________________________________________
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List of supporting evidence: Details and/or documents you would use in this paragraph. Keep in mind that if you have to few it is either because you don't know the history or have chosen a poor theme for the topic sentence.
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BODY PARAGRAPH II
Topic Sentence II-‐ ______________________________________________________________________________________
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List of supporting evidence: Details and/or documents you would use in this paragraph.
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BODY PARAGRAPH III
Topic Sentence III-‐ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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List of supporting evidence: Details and/or documents you would use in this paragraph.
DOCS-
Concession/ Extension:
