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!