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Cold War "Mini-DBQ" - Suggested Outline
Introduction: Rephrase the historical context. Remember, an introduction should provide general
background information and let the reader know what the essay is about.
Paragraph 1:
Topic Sentence: A topic sentence that gives the "big picture" about why the US and Soviet Union
became distrustful of each other after World War II.
Introduce Evidence: Explain your topic sentence a bit more.
Evidence: Include a piece of evidence from a document that supports what you said in your topic
sentence.
DISCUSS EVIDENCE: Analyze your evidence using OUTSIDE INFORMATION. How does what you included
in your evidence explain how the United States and the Soviet Union came into conflict with each other?
How do capitalism and communism relate to this? What actions did both sides take during the early years
of the Cold War that increased distrust and hostility?
Paragraph 2:
Topic Sentence: A topic sentence that gives the "big picture" about a conflict the U.S. and Soviet Union
were involved with during the Cold War.
Introduce Evidence: Explain your topic sentence a bit more.
Evidence: Include a piece of evidence from a document that supports what you said in your topic
sentence.
DISCUSS EVIDENCE: Analyze your evidence using OUTSIDE INFORMATION. How did the conflict relate to
the larger Cold War? How did the conflict turn out? Who"won" the conflict? What is a similar conflict (that
you aren't discussing in the next paragraph)? What effects does the conflict still have on the present day?
Paragraph 3:
Topic Sentence: A topic sentence that gives the "big picture" about a second conflict the U.S. and
Union were involved with during the Cold War.
Soviet
Introduce Evidence: Explain your topic sentence a bit more.
Evidence: Include a piece of evidence from a document that supports what you said in your topic
sentence.
DISCUSS EVIDENCE: Analyze your evidence using OUTSIDE INFORMATION. How did the conflict relate
to the larger Cold War? How did the conflict turn out? Who"won" the conflict? What is a similar conflict
(that you didn't discuss in the previous paragraph)? What effects does the conflict still have on the present
day?
Conclusion: Restate your main ideas.
continues to affect the modern world.
Explain how the Cold War ultimately ended, and how it
Cold War "Mini-DBQ" - Sentence Starters
Introduction:
Use the historical context to help you provide general background information on the Cold War.
However, make sure you end with a thesis that identifies the two conflicts you will be writing about in body
paragraphs two and three. Something like: Two times the Cold War led to conflict were…..
.
Body Paragraph 1:
Topic Sentence
The Cold War originally began because
provide the “big picture” idea about
why the Cold War began…. Probably something about capitalism/communism, the division of
Europe, etc. Don’t be too specific though. Make sure the topic sentence is broad enough that
Introduce evidence
all the details in the paragraph go back to support it. What this means is
now elaborate
on your topic sentence…explain it a bit more to set up your piece of document evidence. For
Evidence
example, Document ____ states that, “
Discuss evidence
demonstrates what you meant in your topic sentence. For example, if your topic sentence was
that the differences between capitalism and communism were what led to the distrust and
hostility between the U.S. and Soviet Union, make sure your evidence has something to do with
that!
. This evidence demonstrates that
now analyze your evidence
insert a quote from a document that
using outside information. Some questions to consider: How does what you included in your
evidence explain how the United States and the Soviet Union came into conflict with each
other? What specific facts, examples, and details about the early years of the Cold War can you
connect to this? What actions did both sides take during the early years of the Cold War that
increased distrust and hostility?
Body Paragraph 2:
Topic Sentence
One time the distrust and hostility of the Cold War led to conflict was
_____state the first Cold War conflict you will write about. Suggestions include the Berlin Airlift,
Introduce evidence
the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. This conflict began because
now
elaborate on your topic sentence…provide some more background info on the conflict to set up
Evidence
your piece of document evidence.
For example, Document ____ states that, “
Discuss evidence
quote from a document that demonstrates some kind of important information about the
conflict you chose. For example, if you chose the Berlin Airlift, make sure your evidence is
from document five! This evidence demonstrates that
now analyze your evidence
insert a
using outside information. Some questions to consider: How did the conflict relate to the
larger Cold War? How did the conflict turn out? Who"won" the conflict? What is a similar
conflict (that you aren't discussing in the next paragraph)? What effects does the
conflict
still have on the present day?
Body Paragraph 3:
Topic Sentence
Introduce evidence
A second time the distrust and hostility of the Cold War led to conflict was
_____state the second Cold War conflict you will write about. Suggestions include the Berlin
Airlift, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. This conflict began because now
elaborate on your topic sentence…provide some more background info on the conflict to set up
Evidence
your piece of document evidence. For example, Document ____ states that, “
insert a
quote from a document that demonstrates some kind of important information about the
conflict you chose. For example, if you chose the Berlin Airlift, make sure your evidence is
Discuss evidence
from document five! This evidence demonstrates that
now analyze your evidence
using outside information. Some questions to consider: How did the conflict relate to the
larger Cold War? How did the conflict turn out? Who"won" the conflict? What is a similar
conflict (that didn’t already discuss)? What effects does the conflict still have on the present
day?
Conclusion:
Restate your main ideas. Explain how the Cold War ultimately ended (think of Gorbachev and the
fall of the Berlin Wall). End with how the Cold War continues to affect the world: Even though the Cold
War is over, it still affects the modern world because
.
This essay is due May 14.
You have class on Thursday and Friday in which to begin it, the
weekend to finish it, and Monday and Tuesday to get help if
you need it. That is a total of six days to complete a five
paragraph essay. Do not procrastinate.
Essays are 25% of your grade. It is crucial you complete
this last essay of the semester. Even if your essay is partially
completed, you can probably still get some credit. Turn
something in!