Agenda September 16

•Chapter 3 Quiz•Intro DBQ:APPARTS and Thesis Writing•HW: Read through the DBQ Essay writing

tips packet▫Come prepared with questions

Steps to Create a DBQ Thesis

•Read and annotate (APPARTS) all of the documents

•Decide your position or reasoned Judgment (thesis)

•Decide which documents you will use and what outside knowledge you will use

•Fashion Thesis Statement•Create outline•Begin writing

Thesis Statements

•A thesis is a POSITION OR REASONED JUDGEMENT not your opinion

•Use the AP thesis writing info to help you fashion your thesis statement

DBQ and thesis

Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of

English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did

this difference in development occur? Use the documents and your knowledge of the colonial

period up to 1700 to develop your answer.

•DON’T FORGET TO APPARTS!•Complete a thesis for this questions