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Global Regents Prep - Guideddbq Promptdeconstruction

The document provides guidance on establishing a purpose for reading documents in a DBQ (document-based question) essay. It instructs students to: 1) Reread the essay prompt to identify what evidence is needed, 2) Read document questions to see what evidence is required, 3) Annotate documents to find evidence for the prompt and questions, 4) Respond to short-answer questions, 5) Record evidence on a graphic organizer, and 6) Brainstorm everything known about the document's topics. The purpose is to identify what information is required from the documents to fully answer the essay prompt and questions.

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Global Regents Prep - Guideddbq Promptdeconstruction

The document provides guidance on establishing a purpose for reading documents in a DBQ (document-based question) essay. It instructs students to: 1) Reread the essay prompt to identify what evidence is needed, 2) Read document questions to see what evidence is required, 3) Annotate documents to find evidence for the prompt and questions, 4) Respond to short-answer questions, 5) Record evidence on a graphic organizer, and 6) Brainstorm everything known about the document's topics. The purpose is to identify what information is required from the documents to fully answer the essay prompt and questions.

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TeacherOverviewObjectives:

DBQPromptDeconstruction

HowdoIestablishapurposeforreadingwiththeDBQessaydocuments?
Objective:Deconstructapromptinordertoidentifywhatshouldbewrittenaboutinanessayandtocreatea
pre-writinggraphicorganizer.

BreakingDowntheDBQTask
Round1:Readandannotatetheprompttocirclekeywordsaswellaswordsyoumaynotknow.Makepredictionsaboutthe
meaningsofthesewordsandphrases.
Round2:BrainDump!Answerthequestion:WhatdoIknowaboutthetopic?

Round2:Makeapre-writinggraphicorganizerforalltheaspectsthatmustbeincludedinyouressaybasedontheprompt.

Topic

Historicalcircumstances

Changesasaresultofturningpoint

BubonicPLague

ThereweretraderoutesbetweenChina,India,theMiddle
East,andEurope(Doc.1)

PlaguestartedintheChina(1320s)andmovedwest
(Doc.1)

startedinChina,spreadbytrade

...PlaguecoincidedwithcivilwarasanativeChinese
reaction...climaxinginthe...establishmentoftheanewMing
Dynasty.(Doc.2)

Peopleabandonedtheirfriendsandfamily,fledcities,andshut
themselvesofffromtheworld...Faithinreligiondecreasedafter
theplague.(Doc3)
In1237,MongolsinvadedKozelsk(Russia)andleftnosurvivors
(Doc.3)

brutalandmasskillings

NanjingTreaty

-Chineseopposedtheopiumtrade
-Dutchtradersintroducedopiumin17thc.
therewereimperialdecreesforbiddingthesaleand
smokingofthisdestructiveandensnaringvice.
-Bannedin1796
By1816,theBritishEastIndiaCompanyhadimported
3,000chestsofopium...by1820,thishadrisento5,000
andby1825toalmost10,000(Doc.4)

tradeandwealth

HisMajestytheEmperorofChinacedestoherMajesttythe
QueenofGreatBritain,etc.theIslandofHongkong,tobe
possessedinperpetuity[forever]...tobegovernedby...Her
MajestytheQueenofGreatBritain.(Doc.5)

CountrieslikeRussia,Japan,Britain,France,andGermany
divideuprightstotradeinChina(Doc6b)

Chinawasforcedtoletothercountriestradewiththemand
takeoverpartsoftheircountry.

Assassinationof
ArchdukeFerdinand

-AftertheBalkanWars(1912-1913)Serbiagainedin
strengthandwantedtounitewithotherSlavswholived
intheAustria-HungaryEmpire
-AustrianswantedtowagewaronSerbiabutwere
waitingforagoodexcuse,theygotitwhenFerdinand
wasshot(Doc.7a)

TheassassinGavriloPrincipwasanationalistwho
wantedtheunificationofallSouthSlavsinwhatever
formofstateandthatitbefreeofAustria,wanted

-BritishandGermansoldierswenttowar(Doc8aand8b)
-TheAustria-HungaryEmpirewasdividedup
-Poland,Yugoslavia,Lithuania,Latvia,Estonia,andCzechoslovakia
becamecountries

revengeforhowtheAustrianstreatedtheSlavs

SlavswerepeopleinSerbiaandtheAHEmpire;
Serbiagainedstrength;AHwantedareasontoattack
Serbia

HowdoIestablishapurposeasIreadtheDBQdocuments?
Objective:IdentifyapurposeforreadingwhenanalyzingdocumentsinaDBQessay.

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Rereadtheessaytasktoidentifywhatpiecesofevidenceyouneedtocollectto
respondtotheessayprompt.

Readthedocumentquestionstoidentifywhatevidenceyouneedtocollectto
respondtothedocumentquestions.

Readandannotatethedocument.Asyouannotate,identifyevidencethatwillhelp
yourespondtothepromptandthedocumentquestion.

Respondtotheshort-answerquestion.

Recordanyrelevantevidenceonyourpre-writinggraphicorganizer.

BrainDump!Writedowneverythingyouknowaboutthepeople,places,events

mentionedinthedocument.

NowYouTry!
1:DeconstructtheTask&BrainDump

2:CreatePre-WritingGraphicOrganizer

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