Global Regents Prep - Guideddbq Promptdeconstruction
Global Regents Prep - Guideddbq Promptdeconstruction
Global Regents Prep - Guideddbq Promptdeconstruction
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