PLANNING: UNIT 03; PAPER 01A: COMPARE-CONTRAST

Directions
 Compare and contrast arguments found in two sources.
 Focus arguments on the topic of the question.
 Counter reliability concerns to support your thesis/judgment.

ESSAY QUESTION:
Compare and contrast Sources C and D as evidence of the growing power of Prussia.

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COMPARISON POINTS CONTRAST POINTS

List two ways the sources make similar points about List two ways the sources make different points about the
the topic of the question? topic of the question?
Points can be inferred. Points can be inferred.

1 Lesser COM Point: 1 Lesser CON Point:

a. They both mention how the war isn’t to be blamed
by Prussia’s power because they weren’t the cause,
and the sword was placed in their hand.
1 Most Important COM Point:
b. Germany is stronger because of the power Prussia
holds against the rest of Europe.
Measure of most important:
Why is one point more important than the other?
c. Germany is a significant country in this war and
without Prussia’s growing power against the rest of
Europe they would still be weak and probably be
taken over by another country. This is more
important than the war not being placed in the
hands of Prussia because although it is true that
they weren’t the cause, this war did have a
significant value of blame to place on every
European state so this point could be considered
one sided or biased.
a. Being parts of different states when writing about the
opposite state while that is important it does create an
unsteady relationship because they aren’t familiarized
with the material. One of these articles was a speech
that was incredibly formal and diplomatic whereas the
other piece of writing was merely for education
purposes which wasn’t formal and used strong words
such as “Frank”
1 Most Important CON Point:
b. Dates written affects the opinions, new news has been
collected that Article C didn’t have back then and
Article D can be more articulate with their writing and
decisions since they already saw the war take place.
Measure of most important:
Why is one point more important than the other?
c. The dates written this information is more important
than being different pieces of writing and not writing
about the specific state at hand because Article D had
more time to process the information and research it
before writing so they could further articulate their
emotions and feelings towards the issues.

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THESIS:
a. Despite the differentiated time zones these articles are written and the different speech tones used in their
writing to create different opinions on the cause, sources C and D thoroughly show the growing power of Prussia
by creating evidence that even though Prussia is strong they shouldn’t be to blame for all wars in Europe and
more importantly that Germany is strong because of the power Prussia holds against the rest of Europe.

RELIABILITY CONSIDERATIONS
List the bias for each source.
To reinforce your thesis/judgment, counter reliability concerns with considerations from the sources and/or your
background knowledge.
Reliability concerns and how to counter them:
a. Source _C__: The source is one sided as the Prussian government is arguing for themselves but based off of
prior knowledge from this unit, most of the information brought to the attention of the people was true.

Reliability concerns and how to counter them:

b. Source _D__: Informal writing skills using words like “Frank” which provides not only a significantly one-sided
argument but because of the date this article is written we can trust that more of the information is relative than
believed before because the writer had more time with the knowledge and learned about the outcomes of the
wars before ever talking about the strengths of Prussia.