PSA and DBA Topic/Thesis

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Document Based Assignment (DBA) & Primary Source Analysis (PSA) Assignment Instructions:

Objective: Students will select a person during the time period of this course and through source material they will demonstrate how he/she played a significant role in shaping history.

  • Examples: a president, performer, scientists, innovator… This person could have influenced history in a negative or positive way through their ideas, actions, character or accomplishments. The topic for the PSA and DBA are one and the same, on a person.
  • The topic for your Primary Source and Document Based Assignment are the same: AN IMPORTANT PERSON WHO LIVED DURING THE TIME modern times.
  • The PSA is formatted in an analysis and annotation style to be used within the DBA’s formal essay.

Primary Source Analysis Specifics:Primary Source Analysis Guidelines & Rubric

  • The PSA assignment is meant as a precursor to your Document Based Analysis… to get students to begin researching and analyzing sources in preparation for the Document Based essay.
  • The PSA consists of three parts: source analysis, annotations and citations.

Document Based Assignment Specifics:Document Based Assignment Guidelines and Rubric

  • The DBA comprises the document analysis from the PSA with additional research, evidence, and content related to your thesis.
  • The Document Based Analysis serves as the final paper to include the research you completed for the Primary Source Analysis.