constitutional document based question october 8, 2014 civics
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CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENT BASED
QUESTIONOCTOBER 8, 2014 CIVICS
STINGER
•SHOULD THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1787 HAVE RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION?
• IF SO, EXPLAIN THREE REASONS THAT THE US CONSTITUTION WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION OR COLONIAL EXPERIENCES.
• IF NOT, EXPLAIN THREE REASONS THAT THE CONSTITUTION WAS INHERENTLY FLAWED.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DBQ- PART 1: SCAFFOLDING
• READ THE QUESTION: SHOULD THE PEOPLE HAVE RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION IN 1787?
• JOT DOWN IDEAS FOR ANSWERING THEQUESTION BASED ON WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW
• READ THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• DOES THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY YOU INTENDED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION?
• DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE THE INITIAL YES OR NO ANSWER WITHOUT SUPPORTING STATEMENTS?
• CAN YOU ORGANIZE YOUR RATIONALE FOR SAYING WITHER YES OR NO INTO THREE CATEGORIES?
• READ EACH DOCUMENT AND FULLY ADDRESS THE SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS BELOW THE DOCUMENTS.
• GROUP THE DOCUMENTS INTO THREE CATEGORIES THAT SUPPORT YOUR YES OR NO ANSWER
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DBQ- PART 2: PREWRITING
• CREATE A PREWRITING WEB THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION AND ORGANIZE THE DOCUMENT
• DRAW A CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PAPER AND WRITE EITHER “SHOULD HAVE BEEN RATIFIED” OR “SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RATIFIED.”
• DRAW AT LEAST THREE CITRCLES CONNECTED TO THE FIRST CIRCLE
• LABEL EACH WITH ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU DEVELOPED FOR THE DOCUMENTS.
• CONNECT THEM TO THE NUMBERS OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT MATCH EACH CATEGORY
• JOT DOWN A NOT EFOR YOURSELF ABOUT HOW THAT DOCUMENT RELATES TO YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DBQ- PART 3: WRITING
• USE YOUR WEB TO WRITE AN ESSAY AS IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1787
• MAKE SURE THAT YOUR EDITORIAL FULLY ADDRESSES THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE RATIFIED
• YOUR ESSAY SHOULD HAVE FIVE PARAGRAPHS INCLUDING AN INTRODUCTION, THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS BASED ON YOUR CATEGORIES, AND A CONCLUSION
• EACH BODY PARAGRAPH SHOULD REFERENCE AT LEAST ONE DOCUMENT AND FULLY EXPLAIN HOW THAT DOCUMENT SUPPORTS YOUR FINAL ANSWER