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Objective: Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic.

Class Notes for the Day:

4.3- Politics and Regional Interests

4.3 Slides

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DBQ Day!

Pre-Write

1. Ask yourself, "Can I answer this prompt without needing to read the documents?"
2. Brainstorm outside information and organize it into categories
3. Develop a rough, working thesis

Read/Annotate the Documents

1. Mark it up, looking for evidence that matches the prompt as well as historical situation, intended audience, purpose, or point of view
2. Try to fit evidence from each document into your pre-write organization
3. Edit your thesis or categories as needed
4. If a document contradicts what you want to say, handle it like this: "[Author of document] claimed _______, however, _______"

Introduction Paragraph

1. Write 2-3 sentences of contextualization: What has just happened (within about 20 years before the time frame) that led into the topic of the prompt? 
2. It's okay to be specific in the contextualization (this will NOT count toward your point for outside evidence though)
3. Write a thesis statement that responds to the prompt; this statement needs to say what the cause/effect, similarity/difference, or continuity/change actually is (do not restate the prompt and list categories)

Each Body Paragraph

1. Write a topic sentence that aligns with the thesis, focusing on the category you are going to analyze
2. [Author of document] claimed/argued _______ [paraphrase document], cite as (doc 1) at end of sentence if not obvious which document you are referring to (like if it's a graph or map)
3. This shows that _______ [analysis/link to topic sentence]
4. [Author of document] said this because _______ [historical situation, intended audience, purpose, point of view]
5. Repeat 2-4 for each piece of evidence (2-3 if your own and not from a document)
6. (Last sentence) These demonstrate _______ [link to thesis, indicating causation, comparison, or CCOT]

Conclusion (if time)

1. Write thesis statement (to ensure alignment--sometimes in the heat of writing you may develop the thesis as you write)
2. Write 2-3 sentences of contextualization: What happens next (within about 20 years after the time frame) that resulted from the topic of the prompt?
3. Unicorn point: provide an alternate perspective, briefly explain a different category that wasn't asked for, account for a regional difference, synthesis (how is this topic similar to something else you know)

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Objective: Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic.

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