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Civil War DBQ: Analyzing Causes

The document outlines the 6-step method used by The DBQ Project for analyzing documents and writing document-based questions (DBQs). The steps are: 1) Engage students with a hook; 2) Build context with a background essay on time, place, and relevant events; 3) Clarify the question by defining terms and identifying the task; 4) Closely analyze individual documents; 5) Group documents into categories; 6) Write an essay using evidence from document analysis.

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Civil War DBQ: Analyzing Causes

The document outlines the 6-step method used by The DBQ Project for analyzing documents and writing document-based questions (DBQs). The steps are: 1) Engage students with a hook; 2) Build context with a background essay on time, place, and relevant events; 3) Clarify the question by defining terms and identifying the task; 4) Closely analyze individual documents; 5) Group documents into categories; 6) Write an essay using evidence from document analysis.

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What Caused the Civil War?

DBQ: Document Based Question

The DBQ Project Method


Step 1: The Hook (Engaging the students)
Step 2: The Background Essay (Building Context)
Step 3: Clarifying the Question (Defining Key Terms &
Pre-bucketing)
Step 4: Close Analysis (Understanding the Documents )
Step 5: Grouping the Documents (Post-Bucketing)
Step 6: Writing (From Thrash-out to Essay)

The DBQ Project Method


Step 1: The Hook
Engaging the students

Hook: Understanding Point


of View
The Battle Cry of Freedom
was sung by both Yankee
and Confederate soldier in
the their camps and when
on the march. North and
South, the melody was
the same, but the words
were different. Compare
the third verse and the
chorus of the Union and
Confederate versions.
Judging from these lyrics
alone, for what was each
side fighting? In your
analysis, be sure to
consider the meaning

What Caused the Civil


War?
On sticky notes, predict
the answer(s) to this
question.
6

The DBQ Project Method


Step 2: The Background Essay
Building context
Time, place and story

1)
9)
2)
6)
10)

3)
7)
4)

8)
5)

13)

11)
14)
12)

The DBQ Project Method


Step 2: The Background Essay

Time
Place
Story
(related to question)

9) Missouri Compromise

Background Summary
Individually: Write a 2-3
sentence summary that
includes time, place and
major story events.
key ideas: 1787, 1861, United
States, North, South, slavery,
westward
expansion/territories, conflict,

The DBQ Project Method


Step 3: Clarifying the Question
What Caused the Civil War?

Step 3: Clarifying the Question


Part One: Defining Key Terms
1

Started
1861

What
Caused the
Civil War?

To make
Something
happen

Conflict
between
people in
the same
country

Step 3: Clarifying the Question


(continued)
Part Two: Identifying the Task
Discussion Question:
1. Does the question ask you to come up with
several reasons for the Civil War or one
overall reason?
2. Rewrite the question as a statement in your
own words, including dates.

Step 3: Clarifying the Question


Pre-bucketing
Directions: Using any clues from the
discussion and documents youve read
so far, predict the analytical
categories for the buckets.

Cause #1

Cause #2

Cause #3

Step 3: Clarifying the Question


Pre-bucketing

#1 Ideas
About
the Morality
of Slavery

#2 Differing
Economies

#3 Failure of
Political
Compromise

Where do your sticky notes fit?

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