APUSH DBQ Essay Outline - Dearborn Public Schools

[Pages:4]APUSH DBQ Essay Outline

Name: _______________________________________ Period ______

Essay Prompt - Rewrite the essay prompt: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thesis ? Make a historically defensible claim that responds to all parts of the question. Do not simply re-state the question: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Document Analysis

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(One sentence summary of document)

Analysis of Document

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Historical Context

Intended Audience

Purpose

Author's Point of View

Organization (How does your doc. analysis support your thesis?)

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Historical Context Purpose

Intended Audience Author's Point of View

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Doc

Main Idea

Analysis of Document

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(One sentence summary of document)

(Circle one and write out analysis below)

Historical Context

Intended Audience

Purpose

Author's Point of View

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Organization (How does your doc. analysis support your thesis?)

Historical Context Purpose

Intended Audience Author's Point of View

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Historical Context Purpose

Intended Audience Author's Point of View

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Key Pieces of Outside Information

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Context ? Use knowledge not found in the documents to explain how your argument fits in the context of broader historical events, developments, or processes. Must go beyond a phrase or a reference; should consist of multiple sentences or a full paragraph. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Evidence Beyond the Documents ? Provide an example or an additional piece of evidence beyond those found in the documents to support or qualify the thesis. Must be different from evidence used to earn other points in this essay, and must go beyond a phrase or a reference. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Synthesis ? Extend the argument by explaining the connections between the thesis and one of the following. Must go beyond a phrase or a reference. (1) A development in a different historical period, situation, era, or geographical area (2) A course theme and/or approach to history that is not the focus of the essay (political, economic, social, cultural, or intellectual history, etc.) (3) A different discipline or field of inquiry (economics, government and politics, art history, anthropology, etc.)

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