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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Extra Credit Opportunity
Identify the following paintings and artists. First 5 students to answer via comment section by 8:00am November 1st.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
1st Extra Credit Chance
Answer the following five questions by clicking on the comment section at the bottem of the questions. 1st three students to answer the questions correctly will receive 10 extra credit points. This expires at 7:30am October 25th.
1. Who was the HRE during most of the Thirty Years War?
2. What was the time period for the Thirty Years War?
3. Where was most of the Thirty Years War fought?
4. What was the famous German commander who was responsible for victories during the Bohemian and Dutch phases of the war? He was eventually assassinated.
5. How had the Thirty Years War changed by the last phase?
1. Who was the HRE during most of the Thirty Years War?
2. What was the time period for the Thirty Years War?
3. Where was most of the Thirty Years War fought?
4. What was the famous German commander who was responsible for victories during the Bohemian and Dutch phases of the war? He was eventually assassinated.
5. How had the Thirty Years War changed by the last phase?
Welcome
The purpose of this blog is to help APEURO students become successful on the APEURO test May 9, 2008.
Writing the DBQ
Purpose of the DBQ:
►The purpose of the DBQ is NOT to test your knowledge of the subject, but rather to evaluate your ability to practice the historian’s craft.
►You will be required to work WITH the documents and use them to answer a question.
Steps to answer the DBQ
1.Read carefully the question prompt and the historical background. Underline the tasks demanded and the terms which are unique to the question.
2.Read the documents carefully.
a. Make sure that you understand the content of the document.
b. What is the author’s point of view (POV). Bias???
--Point of view is both indicated and discussed form several angles.
c. Where is the tension?
--Are there people from the same place with differing point of view?
--e.g. Is a Frenchman critiquing the French or is it an Englishman? Which is biased, which has great knowledge?
d. What is the origin of the document?
e. Is the document valid or is it hearsay?
f. If time, gender or age were changed would the person be saying the same thing?
3.You should strive to use all of the documents.
4.Don’t create a laundry list of documents.
--Strive to IMPOSE order on the documents.
--Find groupings for the documents. Can they be organized into a format?
--What is the OVERALL picture presented by the documents.
5.Your essay should be an ANALYSIS of the documents and their content.
a. The essay contains a thesis which divides your answer into categories.
b. The documents are used as evidence to support your thesis.
c. Make frequent reference to the terms of the question.
Literary Concerns
1.The essay has an adequate introducation/thesis in which the time frame is noted.
2.The thesis provides an answer to the question and divides the answer into categories (groups). 3.You have not referred to yourself in the essay and you have not told the readers what they are “going to learn”.
4.ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION have been answered.
5.Base all of your comments on the documents, NOT on outside information. Outside information may be used to enhance understanding, but it must not be the basis of your argument.
Free Response Question
Steps to Answering FRQ:
1.Read the Question (see handout)
2.Re-Read the Question.
3.List outside information and organize into an outline.
4.Re-Read the Question
5.Write!!!
Before You Begin
1.Figure out what the question is asking. Is there a time period which the essays addresses?
2.Create an outline of information (facts) that can be used in your essay.
3.Place your facts into chronological order.
4.Organize your paragraphs.
Always Remember:
Answer The Question!!!
How To Write Your 1st Paragraph
1.Write an introductory sentence to the topic (Story to intro your thesis).
2.Answer The Question (thesis statement)
3.Support your answer (thesis) with the why’s (topics to discuss in essay).
Essay Format
1st Paragraph – Introduction
Includes motivator (background info.), thesis, and blueprint (contains the 3 elements—topics for discussion).
2nd Paragraph
Topic sentence relating to element 1
Specific support relating to items A & B
Concluding sentence that relates back to the topic sentence.
3rd Paragraph
Topic sentence relating to element 2
Specific support relating to items A & B
Concluding sentence that relates back to the topic sentence.
4th Paragraph
Topic sentence relating to element 3
Specific support relating to items A & B
Concluding sentence that relates back to the topic sentence.
5th paragraph
Conclusion—reworded thesis and clincher (goes forward).
Writing the DBQ
Purpose of the DBQ:
►The purpose of the DBQ is NOT to test your knowledge of the subject, but rather to evaluate your ability to practice the historian’s craft.
►You will be required to work WITH the documents and use them to answer a question.
Steps to answer the DBQ
1.Read carefully the question prompt and the historical background. Underline the tasks demanded and the terms which are unique to the question.
2.Read the documents carefully.
a. Make sure that you understand the content of the document.
b. What is the author’s point of view (POV). Bias???
--Point of view is both indicated and discussed form several angles.
c. Where is the tension?
--Are there people from the same place with differing point of view?
--e.g. Is a Frenchman critiquing the French or is it an Englishman? Which is biased, which has great knowledge?
d. What is the origin of the document?
e. Is the document valid or is it hearsay?
f. If time, gender or age were changed would the person be saying the same thing?
3.You should strive to use all of the documents.
4.Don’t create a laundry list of documents.
--Strive to IMPOSE order on the documents.
--Find groupings for the documents. Can they be organized into a format?
--What is the OVERALL picture presented by the documents.
5.Your essay should be an ANALYSIS of the documents and their content.
a. The essay contains a thesis which divides your answer into categories.
b. The documents are used as evidence to support your thesis.
c. Make frequent reference to the terms of the question.
Literary Concerns
1.The essay has an adequate introducation/thesis in which the time frame is noted.
2.The thesis provides an answer to the question and divides the answer into categories (groups). 3.You have not referred to yourself in the essay and you have not told the readers what they are “going to learn”.
4.ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION have been answered.
5.Base all of your comments on the documents, NOT on outside information. Outside information may be used to enhance understanding, but it must not be the basis of your argument.
Free Response Question
Steps to Answering FRQ:
1.Read the Question (see handout)
2.Re-Read the Question.
3.List outside information and organize into an outline.
4.Re-Read the Question
5.Write!!!
Before You Begin
1.Figure out what the question is asking. Is there a time period which the essays addresses?
2.Create an outline of information (facts) that can be used in your essay.
3.Place your facts into chronological order.
4.Organize your paragraphs.
Always Remember:
Answer The Question!!!
How To Write Your 1st Paragraph
1.Write an introductory sentence to the topic (Story to intro your thesis).
2.Answer The Question (thesis statement)
3.Support your answer (thesis) with the why’s (topics to discuss in essay).
Essay Format
1st Paragraph – Introduction
Includes motivator (background info.), thesis, and blueprint (contains the 3 elements—topics for discussion).
2nd Paragraph
Topic sentence relating to element 1
Specific support relating to items A & B
Concluding sentence that relates back to the topic sentence.
3rd Paragraph
Topic sentence relating to element 2
Specific support relating to items A & B
Concluding sentence that relates back to the topic sentence.
4th Paragraph
Topic sentence relating to element 3
Specific support relating to items A & B
Concluding sentence that relates back to the topic sentence.
5th paragraph
Conclusion—reworded thesis and clincher (goes forward).
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