Aaron Murphy Professor George De Falussy Great International Films (FAR 2915.30) Critical Essay #3 May 19‚ 2012 To be Reality or to be Fantasy . . . That’s How the Labyrinth is Solved History helps to provide people with a further understanding of events that transpired in the past and is also used to help determine events that could transpire in the future. Film can be used in the same way. A director can choose for his movie to depict factual events in the past in order to teach his audience a
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The writing portion includes a DBQ (Document Based Question)‚ a LEQ (Long Essay Question)‚ and a short answer section. The DBQ and LEQ are two types of writing styles that I had never heard or done before.This was going to be a challenge I knew that I needed to overcome. In my AP English Language class we have been working on a civil rights project and have to take action on our issue. The issue
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~ame _ Date . _ DBQ 3: FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Historical Context In the third century c.E.‚ Rome faced many problems. In addition to internal decay‚ the invasion by Germanic tribes seemed to sound the death knell for the Western Roman Empire. Historians have examined both the internal conditions that weakened the expansive empire and the external force of the barbarian invasions. From this‚ historians have developed a variety of explanations for the fall of the Western Roman Empire
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DBQ Essay Outline Guide Use the following outline to plan and write your essays‚ in response to a Document Based Question (DBQ). The format is similar to a FRQ (Free Response Question) but your evidence will be based on Primary Documents that you will be supplied with. I. II. III. IV. V. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getting sentence 1. Something that will grab the readers attention B. Background information on the topic or question. (date‚ place‚ situation surrounding the issue
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Writing a DBQ Document Based Question There will be one document-based question on the AP exam. The document-based question will have one of the following historical thinking skills as its main focus: causation‚ change & continuity over time‚ comparison‚ interpretation‚ or periodization. All document-based questions will also always assess the historical thinking skills of historical argumentation‚ appropriate use of relevant historical evidence‚ contextualization‚ and synthesis. Loading
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Great Depression DBQ Great Depression DBQ During the early 1930s‚ the United States has fallen into a great depression. Banks have fallen and unemployment is at an all-time low. Nearly 40% of nonfarm workers were unemployed during the beginning of his presidency. Now a new inaugurated president has decided to take these issues into his own hands and issued a New Deal that promised relief‚ reform and recovery to the fallen nation. FDR’s New Deal was effective because he issued
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History Introduction: In the two decades following World War I‚ most of the world was swept up in economic depression. During the 1920’s and 1930’s‚ most nations attempted to cope with the problems of the post-war economy and uncertainties‚ with the U.S. stock market crash exacerbating the problem. The war ravaged nations of Europe had become dependent on financial help from America; however‚ U.S. economic policies made it increasingly difficult for European nations economies
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Name_____________________________ Date_______________ Per___________ DBQ REVIEW What is the question of the DBQ? In your own words what is the question asking you to do? In just a few words (2-5) what are the following Documents about? Document ___- Document ___- Document ___- Document ___- Document ___- Come up with 3 categories that help answer the question above and can include all of the documents. A document can be placed in more than one category.
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DBQ Scoring Guide for: ____________________ Total: ___/7 Grade: _____/5.0 Thesis 0 Points 1 Point Missing‚ poorly developed‚ or partially developed (simply restating the question) Sets up the argument AND addresses the targeted skill Thesis addresses all parts of the question Analysis of Evidence to Support Thesis/Argument 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Essay does not use the documents OR Essay simply describes or paraphrases the documents (“tells what” vs. “shows how”) Essay analyzes
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2. What terms in the question need to be defined ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Document A - Geography Document Analysis l. When Alexander and his army invaded Asia in 334 BCE‚ where did they first meet serious Persian resistance ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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