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Causation in Global Conflict

Driving Question: What were the most significant causes of global conflict from 1900 to the present, and how did their impact shape the world?

In this final lesson of the unit, you’ll identify and revise an essay based on the Evidence, Sourcing, and Complexity rows of the WHP DBQ Writing Rubric. You will also be able to make connections from this unit and demonstrate your learning by analyzing the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany through a DBQ of your own.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the relative significance of the causes of global conflict in the period 1900 to the present.
  2. Analyze and revise evidence, sourcing, and complexity in a DBQ student sample essay.
  3. Create and support arguments with historical evidence to analyze the rise of the Nazi Party.
STEP 1

Writing: DBQ Evidence, Sourcing, and Complexity Part 2

It’s time to act like the teacher! Get ready to mark up an essay!

Activity

Activity

Writing: DBQ Evidence, Sourcing, and Complexity Part 2 External link

It’s another opportunity to analyze the Evidence, Sourcing, and Complexity of a sample essay. Get out your red pen!
Writing Tools

Writing Tools

WHP AP DBQ Writing Rubric External link

Use this rubric to support and assess your understanding of effective Document-Based Question (DBQ) essays.
STEP 2

Unit 7 DBQ

You’ve learned a lot this unit—now it’s time to use your writing skills to complete a Document-Based Question about the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany.

Assessment

Assessment

Unit 7 DBQ External link

Analyze a series of sources and then build an argument about the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany.