Mini-DBQ: Jamestown
Your task…
• Read the documents
• Work in groups to go through the
documents
• Find common themes in the
documents
• Which documents support your
ideas?
The Question….
• Why did early Jamestown
struggle to survive?
Finding common
themes…”bucketing”
Theme #1:
Ex: location
Theme #2:
Theme #3
Now it’s time to write
the paper
• Using your rough draft and
notes from documents you will
write an essay on the topic…
• This will be a summative
grade—your 1st so make it
great!!
Writing a thesis is like
Cats and Kittens…
• Thesis ---what are you trying to
prove—this is your Mama Cat
• Major points—these are your
kittens…
• Jamestown struggled in its early
development because (Mama Cat)
• Drought (Fluffy)
• Location (Frisky)
• Hostile Natives (Frady)
Paper outline format
• Hand written in class
• At least 5 paragraphs
• Cite the documents that you use
ex: (Doc B) at the end of the
sentence
• Do not group docs
together…Doc A, C & E…each
should have a separate point
• Papers will have a thesis
(introduction) and a conclusion
Formatting paper…
• I. Thesis statement (include
background information, and
major points)
• II. Body of paper—introductory
topic sentence
• A Major points #1
• Include doc support & outside
information NOT in docs
• B Major points #2
• C Major points #3
III. Conclusion