Document-Based Essay Question
In preparation for the Global Studies Regents Exam, your fourth quarter project will be to complete a DBQ. This project will take you through the steps for approaching and writing a document-based essay. Of course on the exam you will have the constraint of time. Your topic for this essay is the causes of the French Revolution; on the Regents exam the topics will be much broader. For this project, you will work in stages to create a strong final essay. Each part of the process contributes to your final grade for the assignment. Do not leave any part out not only will you lose points, but you will also miss an important step in the process of creating a good essay.
YOU MUST KEEP ALL PAPERS CONCERNED WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT IN THE FOLDER PROVIDED.
STEP 1 (10 points) Read the essay question you will have to answer and create a brief outline for the essay as if you were not going to be given any documents to help you. You may use your notebook to help you. This part is to be completed in class on Tuesday, May 6th.
The question is: What were the most important causes of the French Revolution? (Discuss three)
STEP 2 (25 points) Answer the question for each of the five documents. Your responses must be in full sentences and typed, double-spaced. Please be sure to number your responses. This part is due on Friday, May 9th.
STEP 3 (15 points) Create an outline for the essay. Your outline should include an introduction, a paragraph for each of the causes and a conclusion. You must include the thesis statement you will use in the introduction and a topic sentence for each of the body paragraphs. You must indicate in your outline where you will be using documents to support your points. As you will do in your essay, reference documents by writing (Doc. 4) for example. You should use the Harvard style for outlines (I, II, III A, B, C, - 1, 2, 3 a, b. c). Outlines must be typed and should use indentations correctly. This part is due on Wednesday, May 14th.
STEP 4 (15 points) You must write a first draft for the essay. Obviously, it must follow the outline you created. Be sure to include any changes Ms. Mone indicates on your outline. Make sure you reference documents and indicate where you have used them by putting (Doc. 2) at the ends of sentences. Your first draft must be typed double spaced. This part is due on Monday, May 19th.
STEP 5 (30 points) Your final draft should include any improvements you wish to make and should incorporate any corrections indicated on the first draft. Make sure you reference documents and indicate where you have used them by putting (Doc. 2) at the ends of sentences. It should be typed, double-spaced. This part is due on Thursday, May 22nd.
STEP 6 (5 points) When you submit your final essay, your folder will be checked to make sure that you have all the papers/parts of this assignment included there. If all items are there, you will receive the final five points for the assignment. If you are missing any part of the assignment, you will not receive the points.
