The Spartan DBQ

Writing Tips

Essay is:Your thesis + 3 reasons (see the board categories) + conclusion.

The documents can assist you with PROVING your thesis.

In your essay do NOT use signal phrases like:

‘Document 1 shows…’‘Document 4 proves..’

‘As seen in Document 5…’In your essay DO USE signal phrases like:

‘Words spoken by the Spartan warrior Xenophon suggest…’

‘The Roman historian Plutarch writes that…’

Some DBQ Basic Stuff1. You must answer the DBQ in your writing: Education in

Sparta: Did the Strengths Outweigh the Weaknesses?

2. Re-write question in your own words.3. Summarize the introduction document (yesterday).

4. This is your thesis.5. Write OBJECTIVELY! No 1st or 2nd person (I, me, I think

that, them, etc)6. Examine each document.

7. ID the main idea of each document (see categories on the board…).

8. Ask yourself: What info in the document would support this main idea? And, what info in the document would

SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENT?!Do not simply summarize the documents individually….answer the DBQ question!!!