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Strategies for Writing a DBQ

Strategies for Writing a DBQ. -The Document-Based Question is an exercise that tests your ability to analyze and synthesize different historical viewpoints. -The primary purpose of the DBQ is to evaluate how you can answer a question from the documentary evidence.

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Strategies for Writing a DBQ

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  1. Strategies for Writing a DBQ

  2. -The Document-Based Question is an exercise that tests your ability to analyze and synthesize different historical viewpoints. -The primary purpose of the DBQ is to evaluate how you can answer a question from the documentary evidence. -It is not a test of your prior knowledge. -In writing the DBQ, you act as the historian who must arrive at a conclusion from the available writings. -There is no single correct answer. By using a variety of documents, you can defend or refute a particular viewpoint. -There are approximately 10 to 12 documents on the examination.

  3. Helpful Tips • 1. Read the questions/historical background carefully. Determine your task. Underline the keywords in the question (analyze, discuss). Write down any information that you can connect to the question or to the historical background.

  4. 2. Read all the documents. Circle key phrases or words in the documents that are related to the main theme.

  5. 3. Take note of the source of the document, and the author’s point of view or bias. Make a chart of the key ideas of each document. Separate them to reflect both sides of the question.

  6. 4. Decide on your thesis statement. Outline the essay. Include an introductory statement that leads up to your thesis.

  7. 5. DO NOT summarize or give a laundry list of documents. Remember to include relevant outside historical facts as long as they are accurate.

  8. 6. Weave or incorporate the documents together.

  9. 7. Write a conclusion to show that you have proven the thesis.

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