Study Session

Unit 5: Revolutions (1750-1900)

DBQ + LEQ Studio: Essay planning

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Key themes

Flashcard topics

Sample questions

45-minute plan

Keep moving so you get through every step.

7 min: Warm-up — Write down everything you already know about the topic.
8 min: Flashcards — Review 6 terms that could show up in the documents.
18 min: Outline — Write a thesis and outline 2 body paragraphs.
12 min: Review — Add a sourcing sentence (who wrote a document and why) and a complexity sentence.

Flashcard set

Start with these eight terms.

EnlightenmentJohn LockeRousseauSocial contractAmerican RevolutionFrench RevolutionDeclaration of the Rights of ManNapoleon

Practice prompt

Use this as your main timed prompt.

LEQ

In the period circa 1750 to 1900, a series of revolutions took place in the Atlantic world. Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which TWO of the following revolutions had similar causes and effects: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution.

DBQ + LEQ Studio checklist

Keep these in mind while you answer.

Write a thesis in 1-2 sentences
Label each paragraph with an argument
Add 1 sentence that shows complexity: another view, or a link to another time or place

Wrap-up checklist

Finish with these so what you practiced sticks.

Log 2 concepts you still need to review
Add 3 flashcards to tomorrow's deck
Write a 1-sentence thesis in your own words

More prompts

Use these to extend the session or build a full practice set.

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which revolutionary ideologies, rather than material grievances, drove political change in the period circa 1750 to 1900.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which labor systems changed after the abolition of slavery in the period circa 1830 to 1900.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which industrialization improved the lives of working people in the period circa 1750 to 1900.

Write your answer and get it scored →

45-minute plan

Keep moving so you get through every step.

7 min: Warm-up — Write down everything you already know about the topic.

8 min: Flashcards — Review 6 terms that could show up in the documents.

18 min: Outline — Write a thesis and outline 2 body paragraphs.

12 min: Review — Add a sourcing sentence (who wrote a document and why) and a complexity sentence.

Practice prompt

Use this as your main timed prompt.

LEQ

More prompts

Use these to extend the session or build a full practice set.

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which revolutionary ideologies, rather than material grievances, drove political change in the period circa 1750 to 1900.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which labor systems changed after the abolition of slavery in the period circa 1830 to 1900.

Write your answer and get it scored →

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which industrialization improved the lives of working people in the period circa 1750 to 1900.

Write your answer and get it scored →