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DBQ: The Great Schism

Prompt: Analyze the causes and effects of the Great Eastern Schism (the split between the Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches).

Step 1: Read and analyze the prompt.

What are you looking for in the documents?

Step 2: Read and analyze the documents.

Tag the documents directly on the documents handout.

Step 3: Group the documents based on the prompt.

Step 4: Write you thesis using the labels for your groups in the space below

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Step 5: Using the documents as evidence using SOAPSTONE

Subject What is the main topic of this source?

Occasion When was this source produced?Was it created for a particular event or occasion, or even duringan era when other, similar sources were produced?

Audience Who was this source’s intended audience?Was the source written to be read privatelyby a specific person (who?), a public announcement, or an official proclamation?

Purpose Whywas this source produced?What was the purpose or motivation of the writer/author of the source, based on what limited information you have about them? What effect did the author hope this source would have?What did the author want the reader(s) of this source todo?

Speaker Who was the Speaker of this source?Was it an official person representinga government, or an informal, anonymous individual?Usuallya source’s author and speaker are the

same individual, but occasionallytheymayactuallybe different. (e.g. a speech maybe written bya speech writer, but spoken bya government official)

ToneIs there anyapparent tone or “voice” in this source that would influence one’s interpretation?Is it filled with anyapparent emotion?(e.g. sarcasm, exuberance, anger, disdain, admiration, etc.) Underline anyunusual vocabularyin the source that serves as a clue to this interpretation.

The question you’re always asking yourself about the sources: Why did this person create this source at this time?

Pick ONE document from each group and do a complete document analysis on it.

Document from group 1:

1.Summarize the overall meaning of this Source. (In one sentence. Think of it as a 1-sentence book report.) You may paraphrase the source, but DO NOT quote it.

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2.List 3 specific concepts, vocabulary terms, or phrases UNIQUE to this source (Not found in ANY OTHER source). These examples can be short phrases or even a single word.

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3. Look at the source section of the document. What possible reasons can you think of that would explain WHY this author created this document at this time? Why did some other author create some other document at a different time?

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4. Now combine #1-3 above all into ONE sentence that summarizes the document’s overall meaning (#1) using a specific piece of evidence (#2) to explain a reason why this author created this document at this time (#3)

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Document from group 3:

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