Transcript TIPS ON FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS

TIPS ON FREE RESPONSE
QUESTIONS
DBQ
CCOT
C&C
“EVERY SENTENCE SHOULD
SUPPORT THE RUBRIC”
QUICK TIPS ON QUESTION
• CIRLE THE VERB of what you are
supposed to do (i.e. “Analyze”)
• UNDERLINE THE TOPIC (i.e. responses
to Buddhism)
• DOUBLE-UNDERLINE WHERE and
WHEN
• GO BACK TO THESE IMPORTANT
PARTS WHEN ANALYZING – how does it
show this?
DBQ TIPS
DBQ THESIS
• Make sure you have created 3-4 “likeminded” groupings of the documents
THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION!
• The thesis should have these groupings
• It can be 1-5 sentences – the best thesis
has ANALYSIS (why this is important)
DBQ continued…
• GROUP documents 2 or 3 ways – how to
do it can lie in the prompt…
- cause and impact
- similarities and differences
- chronologically
- by countries/areas
- religion
- by era….
AND ONWARDS…
DBQ – BODY PARAGRAPHS
• Address ALL documents (even if you have
to put one in a paragraph by itself!)
• Support thesis by connecting documents
to it – don’t just quote or summarize…
analyze and make the historical
connection in your own words
DBQ – BODY PARAGRAPHS
TOPIC SENTENCE
• Topic sentence should state one of the
groupings of the thesis and SHOULD NOT
REFER TO ANY DOCUMENT!!!!
DBQ BODY PARAGRAPHS
• You are ANSWERING THE QUESTION –
not simply summarizing the documents….
make sure that you go back and explain
how the document ANSWERS THE
QUESTION and FITS INTO YOUR
GROUPING! Don’t expect the reader to
do that analysis for you!
• The documents are SECONDARY to
answering the question!
DBQ – POINT OF VIEW
• POV should be in every paragraph–
consider class, gender, nationality, job,
audience, place, motivation and TONE
(anger, respect) and why - SOAPSTONE
ALWAYS read the source line for information!
POV at least 3-4 documents
DBQ – POINT OF VIEW
• Discuss the reliability or validity of the
document – maybe there is something in
SOAPSTONE that might make the
document suspect or might make it an
excellent source – point it out!!!
DBQ ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT
• Identify 2 new types of additional document!*
• Consider: “whose voices am I missing?” –
make sure you connect it to the question!!!
• Go back to the prompt for help – explain what
you’d like and WHY you need it! Tie back to
the prompt…if you don’t explain how it helps
you answer the question, cannot get the
points
*You can get extra points by putting in 2+ additional doc’s
DBQ – ADD DOC
• Consider what kind of document you
would like (diary entry, map, chart, picture,
speech…) and who you would like to hear
from (woman, peasant, someone from
another country, etc…) THAT WOULD
HELP YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION
BETTER – how would this document help
you? Perhaps putting it in with a “suspect”
POV document would work
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT
• “Analyzing the responses to Buddhism in
China would be more effective if there
were a document (a photo/statistics/letter/
diary entry/map/speech/article) from the
perspective of a Muslim living in Chang’an
because most of these negative response
documents are from Confucist scholars
who would lose power. It would be
interesting to know if the Muslims felt
threatened as well”.
CONTINUITY & CHANGE
THESIS:
• Address the entire time period in the
thesis. THIS MAY REQUIRE MORE
THAN ONE SENTENCE!!!! Consider
beginning, middle and end of time period
• Include continuity & change in the thesis*
• Include the key idea from the prompt
* If stuck, think ESP
CCOT PARAGRAPHING
• New paragraphs = new ideas
• Discuss a continuity or change in each one
• Give accurate, DETAILED information
• Relate back to the KEY IDEA in prompt
CCOT & HISTORICAL CONTEXT
• USE RELEVANT WORLD CONTEXT –
Change happens in more than one area –
place this change/continuity in the larger
context and identify global events that
bring about change
“Despite the changes in labor brought by the
Industrial Revolution, slavery of Africans
continued in certain parts of the Americas up
through the end of the nineteenth century”
CCOT & HISTORICAL CONTEXT
• Create historical context by discussing
WHAT ELSE is going on in the world that
could be related to your region/ideas
• Create historical context by discussing
BIG IDEAS at the time:
ie. imperialism, colonization, decolonization,
Islam, global trade,disease, population, world
war, Cold War, Mongols, monarchies…
CCOT & WHY THINGS CCOT
• ANALYZE WHY THINGS CHANGED and
how it impacted those in a particular
region or country – give details
AND…
• WHY THINGS CONTINUED THIS WAY!!
This shows your ability to analyze and do
higher-level critical thinking!
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
• COMPARE 2 regions in a particular time
period
• THESIS should address the two regions,
time period and explain how each is
similar and different and WHY that was the
case (WHY MEANS IT IS ANALYTICAL)
• Address all parts of the question! Use lots
of evidence and details
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
• Use appropriate – ACCURATE – historical
evidence and make sure it is a legitimate
comparison
• A DIRECT COMPARISON means you are
comparing societies in the same
paragraph…do not discuss in separate
paragraphs!
• Explain WHY something is different and
why something is the same!!!
FINAL THOUGHTS
• THESIS at the beginning! Underline it
Use contrast words such as “although”,
“despite”, “However” to show difference in
C&C and CCOT
• Topic sentence should have compare/
contrast OR change/ continutity
• Topic sentence should REFLECT THESIS
Final thoughts - continued
• DETAILS – don’t be too general!!! If you
discuss Hinduism, give details about the
religion (caste system, polytheistic, etc..)
• Make sure you connect information back
to thesis and key idea!!!
• NO SUMMARIES!!!!!!