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HOOK• Imagine that you and your group have

been stranded on a desert island…..• While reading you different options,

determine what 2-3 pieces of information you need to keep in mind to make a decision later. Circle them.

• Decide as a group which water you will drink and EXPLAIN why. You have 1 minute

• Share and Discuss

BACKGROUND ESSAY

• Air Pollution•Read 3 minutes•Discuss.• Acid Rain. •Read 3 minutes•Discuss• Chernobyl•Read 3 minutes•Discuss

UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION

1. What is the analytical question asked by this Mini-Q? (What is the question asking you to decide?)

What is the most serious environmental issue in Europe today?

2. What word or words in the question need explanation or rephrasing?

Most = #1; serious = harmful;environmental = surroundings; issue = problem

3. Rewrite the question in your own words.What is the worst environmental problem in Europe

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PREBUCKETINGDirections: Using any clues from the question and the document titles, predict analytical categories and label the buckets.

Air Pollutio

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Acid Rain

Chernobyl

Disaster

WHAT IS THE MOST SERIOUS ENVIRONMENT

AL ISSUE IN EUROPE TODAY?

ANALYZE DOCUMENTSDocument A Source: Twomey, D. (2013, March 13). Air pollution puts UK in dock, EU in the red. Eco News. Retrieved from http://econews.com.au/news-to-sustain-our-world/air-pollution-puts-uk-in-dock-eu-in-the-red/

Air pollution creates visibility issues in the UK as seen in the photo, Document A.

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Document B Source: Hudson-Smith, A. (2006). London air pollution in 3d [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-pWWj6szNs&feature=youtu.be London’s thermal sensors : http://youtu.be/P-pWWj6szNs

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According to the thermal sensor video taken in 2006, London factories were covered in vast amounts of pollution, the roads and bridges had lesser yet significant amounts.

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Document C: Political cartoon Source: Baldwin, M. (Artist). Asthma Cartoon 3 [Web Drawing]. Retrieved from http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/asthma.asp The effects of air pollution is

adding to the air pollution problem. For example, the political cartoon by M. Baldwin, points out that inhalers used to help people with asthma are manufactured in factories. RACE

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ANALYZE DOCUMENTSDocument D Source: National Geographic. (n.d.). acid rain effects felt through the food chain. Retrieved from http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/acid-rain-overview/

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If acid rain could be stopped right now, the harmful effects would not disappear for many years. (Doc D)

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Document E Source: Sustainable Development and Much Much More. (2008, November 07). Eastern European countries are plagued by coal. Retrieved from www.edouardstenger.com/2008/11/07/eastern-european-countries-are-plagued-by-coal/

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Acid rain impacts almost the entire half of eastern Europe as indicated by the map, document E.

Document E shows that the damage from acid raid spans across many countries in eastern Europe.

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Document F Source: McCracken, T. (Photographer). Singing in the Acid Rain [Web Drawing]. Retrieved from http://www.mchumor.com/singing2_bframe.html

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According to the photograph by T. McCraken, acid rain causes materials to disintegrate and is toxic to humans.

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ANALYZE DOCUMENTSDocument G  Click and watch the video, http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/chernobyl-disaster-nuclear-plant-soviet-1986-9843882

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Document H Source: Health 'Chernobyl cancer might have been prevented' . (1999, July 01). BBC News. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/382979.stm

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Document H shows how the radiation from the blast at Chernobyl power plant spread more than 1200 miles away from initial explosion.

ANALYZE DOCUMENTSDocument I: Experts find reduced effects of Chernobyl Source: Rosenthal, E. (2005, September 7). Experts find reduced effects of Chernobyl. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20050907wednesday.html

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Twenty years later, thousands of people continue to be affected by the radioactive contaminated foods that were eaten after the disaster. (Doc I)

BUCKETINGLook over all the documents and organize them into categories (buckets). A three-bucket format is suggested, but other formats are possible. Write labels for your “categories” under each bucket and place the letters of the documents in the buckets where they belong. It is okay to put a document in more than one bucket. Remember, one of these buckets will contain the information you will use to write the body paragraphs for your essay.

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BUCKETINGLook over all the documents and organize them into categories (buckets). A three-bucket format is suggested, but other formats are possible. Write labels for your “categories” under each bucket and place the letters of the documents in the buckets where they belong. It is okay to put a document in more than one bucket. Remember, one of these buckets will contain the information you will use to write the body paragraphs for your essay.

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Acid Rain Air Pollution Chernobyl

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THRASH OUT

• Energized discussion• Incorporate evidence• Argue opinions• Apply what you have

learned

THESIS DEVELOPMENT AND ROADMAPOn the chicken-foot below, write your thesis and your roadmap. Your thesis is always an opinion and answers the essay question. The roadmap lists the topic areas you will examine in order to prove your thesis.

THESIS – a position statement that answers the question and that the essay will need to support with evidence and argument.

THESIS DEVELOPMENT AND ROADMAP SAMPLETHE SOVIET UNION: WHAT SHOULD TEXTBOOKS EMPHASIZE?

Military strengthSoviet StrengthCultural

achievements

Political repression

ESSAY OUTLINE GUIDE

INTRODUCTIONGrabber / Hook – Optional – but a place to start. Introduce the topic.

Background – a couple of sentences about the setting: time, place and story line.

Restatement of the question – if necessary

Thesis with Road Map – answer to the question with 3 main points.

BRAINSTORM GRABBERSThe entire world deals with

environmental issues, Europe is no exception.

Europeans have many issues to address, the environment is only one of them.

Saving the world from environmental issues is important.

THESIS DEVELOPMENT AND ROADMAP SAMPLETHE SOVIET UNION: WHAT SHOULD TEXTBOOKS EMPHASIZE?

Military strengthSoviet Strength Cultural

achievements

Political repressionThesis with Road Map – answer to the question with 3 main points.The three factors that are most necessary to understand the Soviet Union: its cultural achievements, its military strength, and its political repression.

INTRODUCTION SAMPLETHE SOVIET UNION: WHAT SHOULD TEXTBOOKS EMPHASIZE?

Grabber/Hook – Optional – but a place to start.The Cold War may be over, but the Soviet Union is still important.

Background – a couple of sentences about the setting: time, place and story line. The Soviet Union grew out of a revolution by the people in 1917. It created communism and became the biggest country in the world before collapsing in 1991.

Restatement of the question – if necessaryWhat is the most important thing to know about the Soviet Union?

Thesis with Road Map – answer to the question with 3 main points.The three factors that are most necessary to understand the Soviet Union: its cultural achievements, its military strength, and its political repression.

BODY PARAGRAPHS

The body of the paragraph follows the order of the road map

Each Body paragraph should contain:

BODY PARAGRAPHSBaby Thesis – begins the paragraph. More than a topic sentence, a position statement.

- many of the soldiers at Valley Forge were sick and dying

-One reason for re-enlisting at Valley Forge was because many of the soldiers were sick and dying

Evidence – is drawn from the documents and supports the claim made by the baby theses

Augment – finishes this sentence:

The given evidence supports the claim of the baby theses because…

BABY THESIS SAMPLE THE SOVIET UNION: WHAT SHOULD TEXTBOOKS EMPHASIZE?INTRODUCTION - Thesis and Road map:

The three factors that are most necessary to understand the Soviet Union: its cultural achievements, its military strength, and its political repression.

Body paragraph 1 - cultural achievementsThe first area that textbooks should emphasize is Soviet cultural achievements.

Body paragraph 2 - military strengthThe second area that textbooks should emphasize is military strength.

Body paragraph 3 - political repressionThe third area textbooks should emphasize is political repression.

EVIDENCE WITH CITATIONS SAMPLETHE SOVIET UNION: WHAT SHOULD TEXTBOOKS EMPHASIZE? Paragraph 1 – Body ParagraphThe first point textbooks should show is Soviet cultural

achievements.• Soviets Space Race Firsts (Doc F)• World lead in Summer Olympics medal count (Doc G)

Paragraph 2 – Body ParagraphThe second point textbooks should show is military strength.• High percent of GNP spent on military (doc E)• Nuclear weapons purchases (Doc E)

Paragraph 3 – Body ParagraphThe third point textbooks should show is political repression.• Soviets lacked any real right to dissent (Doc C)• Especially horrible during Great Terror; 700,000 killed

(Doc C)

ARGUMENT SAMPLETHE SOVIET UNION: WHAT SHOULD TEXTBOOKS EMPHASIZE? Paragraph 1 – Body Paragraph

The first point textbook authors should show is Soviet cultural achievements.• Soviets Space Race Firsts (Doc F)• World lead in Summer Olympics medal count (Doc G)This is an important area for textbook authors to explore because the nation achieved great heights in culture and sometimes used their talent to promote international peace.Paragraph 2 – Body ParagraphThe second point textbook authors should emphasize is military strength.• High percent of GNP spent on military (doc E)• Nuclear weapons purchases (Doc E)The military strength should also be show because of the fear and unease it created for so many Americans at the time.Paragraph 3 – Body ParagraphThe third point textbook authors should emphasize is political repression.• Soviets lacked any real right to dissent (Doc C)• Especially horrible during Great Terror; 700,000 killed (Doc C)The Soviet Union power of the government was so strong people were not even able to live without fear from day to day.

CONCLUSION / CLINCHER• A summary of the key arguments – explains

why the writer arguments trumps the counter argument

• An optional “although” statement – recognizes a counter arguments or an additional argument that is not made by the writer. It is a sophisticated way to let the reader know that other arguments have been considered.

• An explanation of why this question is important today. – finishes the essay with a statement about contemporary relevance.

CONCLUSION SAMPLEThe conclusion should contain 2 of the following:

Though the Soviet Union has not existed for many years, it had so much power that its history has to be known. It influenced millions of people inside and outside the USSR. Although many areas of Soviet life are worthy of study its cultural achievements and military strength and repression of its people are most important.

DBQ SCORING GUIDE – STUDENT REPORT

Intro Body Paragraphs Conclusion

Conventions

Score

Grabber

Background

Thesis w/Roadmap

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3Restate

Thesis

Clincher

Main Idea Statement

2

citations

Explanation of eviden

ce

Main Idea Statement

2 citation

s

Explanation of evidenc

e

Main Idea Statement

2 citation

s

Explanation of

evidence

                               

 Student Name:

DBQ Title:

Total points possible is 30:

0 = criteria is not present 1 = criteria is present 2 = criteria is present and of high quality

0-14 = Below Basic (BB) 15-23 = Basic (B) 24-30 = Proficient (P)