End of Reconstruction: DBQ
North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction?
1) Read once through silently.
Background Essay
What does the author mean by who “killed” Reconstruction? Write your answer at the top of the paper.
Background Essay
Read through a second time and annotate: ● paragraph one: make a connection (this relates to this)● paragraph two: ask questions (What does he mean
when…)● paragraph three: your reactions (I feel…)● paragraph four: think about it (I wonder..., I think…)● paragraph five: commentary (your preliminary opinion)
What were your annotations?
On the back of your source...
Write the answers to the following questions1) What was the irony of history that occurred
in 1876 (irony: something you don’t expect)?2) What do you think W.E.B. Dubois meant in
his quote on the top of the page?
On the back of your source….
Pre-Writing1) What is the question we are examining?2) Rephrase the question in your own words.
Document Analysis
Read through each document and answer the questions.
Analysis Overview
Dump and ClumpOn your the back of your source: separate the documents into two categories.
Include labels of the categories and the document titles.
Hint: think about the question we are looking at.
Sample
Documents: Kings, Angels, Ducks, Dodgers
Categories Items____________Hockey: Kings, DucksBaseball: Dodgers, Angels
Title: DBQ Essay Outline
Please take out a new piece of paper!
DBQ: How to construct an outline
● Pose a question to the reader that you plan to answer● An insightful quote that you connect to your background
information and thesis● Use imagery (words of the senses) to provide a clear
picture for your audience● Provide a statistic or fact that is interesting
Hook
Hook
Write a “hook” statement for this essay.
Background
What would be some key background points you would want your reader to know (who, what, when, where)
Make a list of at least three different points.
Thesis (a.k.a the most important part)
Write an argument for the question: North or South which side killed Reconstruction.
Make it specific and include your topics of discussion.
Body Paragraph One
1) Topic Sentence2) Evidence- Explanation (Analysis)
a) bullet point at least two pieces of evidence from the documents with two pieces of analysis
What to analyze? ● vocabulary choices and tone- what words do
they use? how are they speaking?○ vocabulary choice- why did they choose that word? WHat
is another word they could have chosen?○ tone: condescending? in awe? think about the tone of
your voice when you speak!● POV- their bias or perspective
○ do they have an agenda? what is their life experience that has shaped their POV?
What to analyze? ● meaning- what is the deeper meaning to what he
is saying? ○ anything going unsaid? ○ link back to bias or make a connection
● audience- who is this meant for?○ Is it meant to be read by a student like yourself? an
educated person? the masses? a private letter?
Sample
Complete sentences are not necessary. This is only an outline. ● Evidence #1
○ analysis○ analysis
● Evidence #2○ analysis○ analysis
Concluding SentenceLink back to the thesis!
Body Paragraph Two
Topic Sentence: any paragraph after the first body paragraph must have a transition sentence.
Write a transitional topic sentence now!
Body Paragraph Two
● Evidence #1○ analysis○ analysis
● Evidence #2○ analysis○ analysis
● Conclusion
Concluding Paragraph
1) restate thesis2) find the bigger meaning3) leave the reader with something memorable
For the rest of class, you may begin to work on your own outline, due next Friday!