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AP World HistoryAP World History
Writing the Thesis Statement and Writing the Thesis Statement and DBQ EssayDBQ Essay
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What does a good thesis statement What does a good thesis statement do?do?
• Takes a stand
• Answers the question
• Previews the argument
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ThesisThesis
• Write a thesis statement that outlines what you plan to address in your essay.
• The thesis statement is not a restating of the question.
• It is an introduction that includes a careful constructed paragraph that lays out what you will write about.
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Thesis StatementThesis Statement
• If your thesis statement stated, “some things are similar and some things are different;” that is not a thesis statement.
• If you begin to write your essay in the introductory paragraph, you have not written a good thesis statement.
• A thesis statement introduces the three areas you were tasked to address and weaves them into that paragraph.
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Thesis StatementThesis Statement
• Example of a good thesis statement:– Two of the most important early civilizations
were those of Mesopotamia and Egypt. They developed strong political and social systems that were structured around a strong emphasis on religion. Yet the development of both civilizations was shaped through each one’s environment and resulted in two uniquely separate cultures.
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Writing the EssayWriting the Essay
• Once you have written a strong thesis, you have an outline to help guide your essay.
• Don’t include details in your thesis paragraph. You do that in succeeding paragraphs.
• Conclusion needs to restate the main ideas of your essay. In other words - tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them with details that support your thesis and sum up by a strong conclusion.
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Data Based Question (DBQ) EssayData Based Question (DBQ) Essay
• You will be given between 4 and 10 documents to group and analyze.
• There is a time limit of 40 minutes in which to write the essay and you will be given an additional 10 minutes to group and analyze the documents.
• Documents may include maps, pictures, and charts.
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How do you analyze the How do you analyze the documents?documents?
• You must look for and state three (3) points of view (POV’s).
• POV’s are identified as to the following:– Who– What– When– Where– Why
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Document POV’sDocument POV’s
• What is the main idea or topic being said in the document?
• Why would this person be saying/creating this document at this time and place?
• How does the document help me answer the question that is being asked?
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Scoring the DBQScoring the DBQ
• There are a total of 9 points for the DBQ.
• The basic core consists of either 6 or 7 points.
• The expanded core will make up the rest of the total points.
• YOU MUST SCORE ALL BASIC POINTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE EXPANDED CORE POINTS.
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Components of the DBQ Essay – Components of the DBQ Essay – Core Points (Core Points (MANDATORYMANDATORY))
• Thesis statement that is not just a restating of the question.
• Using all but one of the documents in your essay.
• Grouping and thoughtfully analyzing the documents. DON’T LIST DOCUMENTS!
• Stating the point of view/perspective on minimum of three (3) of the documents
• Using the documents to support your thesis.• Adding an additional document that would help
support your thesis.
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Components of the DBQ Essay – Components of the DBQ Essay – Expanded CoreExpanded Core
• Extremely strong thesis statement.
• Adding more than one additional document to your essay.
• Completely and thoroughly answering the question.
• Remember, you must score all basic points in order to receive expanded core.
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How I grade the DBQ Essay for APHow I grade the DBQ Essay for AP
• Basic core points are divided into 100. • Each basic point will then be worth whatever the
result is. Example:– 6 basic core points divided into 100= 16.67 points.– Essay is then graded using the following format:
thesis statement, used all but one document, analyzed and grouped documents, noted point of view/perspective in at least three documents, added an additional document to help support the essay, answered the question.