I HAVE MADE HISTORY - Mr. George Academics



I HAVE MADE HISTORY!

ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

A Document-Based Question (DBQ) requires you to use a series of documents to create a purposeful and thorough response to a historical question. Historical documents are found in many forms such as maps, photographs, drawings, diary entries, letters, court transcripts, and law codes. As part of DBQ assignments, you will be required to read and analyze several documents to help you answer the question. These documents must be used as support for the main idea found in your thesis.

Process #1: Read and analyze the question.

QUESTION: How does Mesopotamia serve as a model for civilization?

Process #2: Study source line and document for subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and bias.

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|DOCUMENT A |

|Source: The Ziggurat at Ur built around the 6th century B.C.E. |

DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION ESSAY #1

QUESTION: How have your childhood experiences shaped you as an individual as you begin your high school career?

HOMEWORK: Find 6 artifacts from your personal belongings that correlate with your childhood experiences (can be from middle school) that you would be willing to share with the class. Then, provide a drawing or a photograph of your 6 artifacts in a neat and organized manner. Each artifact should be labeled starting from Document A and ending with Document F. Also, provide a source line to aide a historian in understanding the significance of the artifact. The source line should be a simple statement to provide a point of reference for your reader by explaining what and when the artifact was produced.

DUE: TBD

|WORLD HISTORY 1 |Name_______________________Block_____ |

|Mr. George | |

|I Have Made History! Essay Assignment - Rubric |Date___________________ |

Imagine that an alien historian in the year 3011 has discovered your six “personal artifacts”. Answer the following question in a well-developed five paragraph essay.

QUESTION: How have your childhood experiences shaped you as an individual as you begin your high school career?

The artifacts should also provide a context for what life was like in America in the early 21st century.

|Task |Beginning |Developing |Focused |Exemplary |Pts |

|Paragraph Structure|No paper was submitted.|Few parts are well structured in |Some parts are well structured in |Well structured and thought |40 |

| |Paper is poorly |paragraph format. Few parts are |paragraph format. Some parts are |out in paragraph format. | |

| |structured. Paragraph |organized from beginning to end. |organized from beginning to end. |Clear and organized structure| |

| |requirements not met or|Major paragraph sections missing. |Paper did not include introduction, |from beginning to end. Paper| |

| |very weak. |Line of development is not |body or conclusion. |included introduction, body | |

| |0 pts |logical. Ideas were not connected |Line of development is somewhat logical|and conclusion. Line of | |

| | |with a transition. |and coherent. Ideas could have been |development is logical and | |

| | |Topic sentences don’t relate to |connected with a smoother transition. |coherent. Ideas are connected| |

| | |paragraph. |Consider more descriptive topic |with smooth transition. 40pts| |

| | |Need to separate and organize your|sentences that lead-in to a developed | | |

| | |ideas into separate paragraphs. |paragraph. | | |

| | |24 pts |Concluding sentence should bring | | |

| | | |paragraph to a close. | | |

| | | |32pts | | |

|Language, Sentence |No paper was submitted.|Many spelling, grammar, |Few spelling, grammar, punctuation and |Excellent spelling, grammar, |40 |

|Mechanics, Grammar |Spelling and |punctuation and capitalization |capitalization errors; Could have been |punctuation and | |

|& Spelling |grammatical errors are |errors; Word selection, word |more carefully edited. Word selection, |capitalization; carefully | |

| |unacceptable. |choice and sentence structure |word choice and sentence structure |edited. Excellent word | |

| |0 pts |needs improvement. |could have been more varied. 32 pts |selection. Varied word | |

| | |Need to proofread final product. | |choice. Varied sentence | |

| | |Needs extensive editing. 24pts |One error is -3 pts |structure. | |

| | | | |40pts | |

|Content and |Inadequate content. |Content is weak. Few details. |Acceptable content. Lacks details. |Very meaningful content. Very|40 |

|Response |Does not meet |24 pts |32 pts |thoughtful response; | |

| |requirements. | | |Demonstrated critical | |

| |0 pts | | |thinking; Six artifacts | |

| | | | |included in an organized | |

| | | | |manner, labeled with source | |

| | | | |line. | |

| | | | |40pts | |

| Rec’d on time. |

|Rec’d within 24 hours (1 day) after due. -24pts |

|Rec’d within 48 hours (2 days) after due. -48pts |

|After 2 days – you’ll receive a zero unless a previous arrangement has been made. |

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|Total Points |

|120 |

One other experience that changed me was 9-11-01 when the terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. This experience really made me wake up and realize that the world wasn’t as peaceful as a kid my age would believe it to be. The front page of the “Daily Express” showed a firefighter crying, which illustrates that many people in America had a similar reaction.

When I was a little boy, I always loved to build. I built with Duplos, then Legos, and all kinds of blocks. For example, one of my documents shows a fort that I built. This shaped me because it made me think about being an architect.

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