First Period: 8:30am to 9:21am
Third Period: 10:27am to 11:17am
Sixth Period: 1:42pm to 2:32pm
Civil War DBQ Essay
Now you are ready to start writing. You will be formulating an argument based on the overall DBQ question—make sure you have done your prewriting and understand the question before starting! Your essay will need to include five paragraphs (one introduction, one conclusion, and three body paragraphs) and must be typed in MLA format. Hand written essays will not be accepted and essays not formatted properly will lose points. Once you finish writing, you also need to highlight certain elements, please watching the example video below so you know what to highlight. Below is the rubric for DBQ essays:
Spelling & Grammar (20 points)
Format & Chicken Leg (5 points)
Thesis Statement (5 points)
Introduction & Conclusion (5 points)
First Body Paragraph (5 points)
Second Body Paragraph (5 points)
Third Body Paragraph (5 points)
Please note that highlighting is REQUIRED:
In the introductory paragraph:
Full thesis statement (yellow)
Reason #1 that corresponds with Body Paragraph #1 (blue)
Reason #2 that corresponds with Body Paragraph #2 (red)
Reason #3 that corresponds with Body Paragraph #3 (green)
In each body paragraph:
Baby Thesis where you restate the reason for the paragraph (yellow)
Fact/Piece of Evidence #1 with citation (blue)
Fact/Piece of Evidence #2 with citation (red)
Fact/Piece of Evidence #3 with citation (green)
Sectionalism & Civil War Outline
Fill out the Civil War Outline with a partner to review all of the information covered over the course of the unit. Once you finish, we will be going over an example outline as a class. If you are absent, please print out the attached PDF and watch the attached video to finish this assignment.
Note: This is a paper assignment, you will need to take a picture or add a video if we are online or you are on contract/independent study. If we are in-person, you do not need to do anything here.