Transcript The MOBILE DBQ Project… - Home

Why?????
 This will provide a visual aid to help you to prepare for
all future DBQ’s
 When writing DBQ’s, students often leave out
important parts such as major points in the thesis,
outside information or providing evidence and
documentation
 Through the use of this visual aid, the MOBILE DBQ
project, you can easily see which elements are lacking
or missing altogether
The “Coat Hanger” method to
writing the DBQ…
Cover the coat hanger with paper…
The coat hanger itself should contain 2 parts:
(1) Background information
(2) A thesis statement (remember to include your major
points—kittens and cats)
Major points…
 Create a cut out for each of your major points (can be on
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construction paper, can be on printer paper, etc)
Choose a shape and be consistent—all major points should
be the same shape (square, circle, triangle, whatever)
This will help you to visualize that you have 3 or more
major points to discuss in your DBQ
Your major points should be attached to the coat hanger in
the order they were mentioned in the thesis (left to right—
this will help with the organization of your papers in the
future)
Provide a topic sentence on each of these cut outs—these
are the major points of discussion for your DBQ
Supporting Details…
 Create a cut out for each of your supporting details (can be
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on construction paper, can be on printer paper, etc)
Choose a shape and be consistent—all supporting details
should be the same shape (square, circle, triangle,
whatever)
You may also want to make each point that supports one
major point the same color—again to help you to visualize
that you supporting details to discuss in your DBQ
Your supporting details should be attached to the
appropriate major point
You should have several supporting details attached to your
major points
Outside information…
 Your outside information will either be included in
your supporting details OR
 Can be additional cut outs attached to the supporting
details (hanging below supporting details)
 ALL DBQ’s REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
O.I. !!!!
 If you choose to include your OI within the supporting
details, then make it a different color, highlight or
underline it to visually ensure that it is present.
Documentation…
 IT IS CRUCIAL THAT YOU CITE YOUR EVIDENCE
THROUGHOUT—USING THE DOCUMENTS
 Your use of docs (Doc A) should be included in either
your major points, supporting details or OI statements
 Cite your documents (Doc D) using a different color,
highlighter or underline it to visually ensure that it is
present
Conclusion…
 Create a cut out that will hang at the bottom of your
mobile
 This will include your conclusion
 Remember that DBQ’s are all about continuity…
 Restate your thesis—you have now proved it &
 Provide a sentence that you know what is coming next in
US History or that you can relate this topic to something
else in US History
WHEW!!! You’re Done!!
 You have just written a full DBQ
 You have divided your work into the pieces and parts
that make up the whole DBQ
How will it be graded?
 This will be graded using the DBQ rubric
 It will count as 30 points on your Unit Test #2
DBQ Rubric
Characteristic
Score 8-9
25-30 pts
Score 5-7
18-24 pts
Score 2-4
11-17 pts
Score 0-1
0-10 pts
Thesis
Clear, well developed thesis
Contains a clear thesis with
limited development
Lacks a thesis, or thesis may be
confused or underdeveloped
No thesis
Understanding of the
Question
Understands complexity of the
question; deals with all parts of
the question in depth
Limited or lack of understanding
of complexity; may deal with
one part of the question in some
depth, or in a more general way
Ignores complexity; may deal
with one part of the question, or
all elements of the question in a
superficial way
May simply paraphrase or
restate the question
Analysis
Provides effective analysis of the
question; some imbalance
permissible
Limited analysis, mostly
describes
Weak or inappropriate analysis
No analysis
Documentary
Evidence
Effectively uses a substantial
number of
documents. Documents
supplement analysis and are
balanced with outside
information
Effectively uses someof
documents; may only restate
information found in documents
Poor use of documents with only
brief citation or paraphrase; not
enough documents used to
support analysis
Almost no use of or
inappropriate attempts to use
documents
Supportive
Information
Supports thesis with substantial,
relevant information. Outside
information is balanced with use
of documents in the analysis of
the question
Supports thesis with some
factual information
Lacks supporting information, or
information given is minimal
Incompetent, inappropriate
responses
Grammar and
Structure
May contain insignificant errors
May contain minor errors that do
not detract from overall essay
May contain major errors
Contains many major or minor
errors
Organization and
Writing Style
Well organized and well written
Clearly organized and written,
but not exceptional
Weak organization and writing
Disorganized and poorly written