Project #5

Post date: Feb 16, 2017 4:39:31 PM

DBQ In Class Writing

"How did the Treaty of Versailles cause WW2?"

G: (Goal) You need to understand the reasons that led to WWI, WWII and the elements of the Treaty of Versailles.

R: (Role) You are at the Treaty of Versailles and are attempting to negotiate the Treaty itself.

A: (Audience) Your audience is the people attending the Treaty of Versailles. 

S: (Situation) You have some magical ability acquire documents from the future. But you can only get a few of them.  The documents are only the DBQ documents. 

P: (Product) Use the DBQ documents from the future to argue for a better treaty of Versailles to avoid WW2.

S: (Standards) Work will be judged by the people attending the Treaty of Versailles. . . but really you will be judged by IB rubrics A & C.

You will be using the DBQ document and papers, but only the DBQ papers (no outside paper).

Grading Expectations

Day 1 - Have students write the following:

Intro paragraph.

Baby Thesis #1

Citation #1

Baby Thesis #2

Citation #2

Baby Thesis #3

Citation #3

Concluding Paragraph

Points for the following:

2 points for a thesis with 1 argument. (1 point for 2-3 arguments in one thesis.)

1 point for either doing the 5ws in the intro, OR defining all of the key terms in the thesis.

1 point for a baby thesis with connection to the thesis (x3)

1 point for a citation that properly follows MLA (x3)

1 point for arguing for why your thesis is correct (restate thesis connect to all 3 baby theses again). ["therefore, this deminstrates"]

You will also be graded on the following Rubrics:

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