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DBQ Reminders. AP World History. DBQ Reminders. “Map” out or outline your essay based on the prompt or question. Your thesis MUST reflect the prompt or question. A DBQ response should be 3-4 pages long. If I can’t read it I won’t grade it! The AP exam graders have the same attitude.
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DBQ Reminders AP World History
DBQ Reminders • “Map” out or outline your essay based on the prompt or question. • Your thesis MUST reflect the prompt or question. • A DBQ response should be 3-4 pages long. • If I can’t read it I won’t grade it! The AP exam graders have the same attitude. • Use the Document Analysis Sheet & the DBQ checklist. • Remember my “court case” analogy. • Use the document # when identifying the documents . • Your first paragraph should be your thesis. • Don’t quote, paraphrase instead. • Your goal is NOT to summarize, but to prove your thesis.
Basic Core Points • Thesis • Understanding • Groupings (documents may be used more than once) • Evidence (x2 points) • Additional document • Point-of view
How is a DBQ like a court case? • Your thesis is like an opening statement. It is what you will prove based upon the evidence that you present from the documents. • Your groups help to bring credibility to the evidence just like two eyewitnesses who witnessed the same thing. • Your evidence is just like evidence or eyewitness testimony in court. It proves your case, but you need to conclude by restating what has been proven. • Your additional document is like the one eyewitness a lawyer needs to call in court to prove their case.
DBQ Formula 1st Paragraph – Thesis statement (what do the documents prove as it addresses the prompt?) Think “The documents prove that ….” 2nd Paragraph through ? (have at least 2 groups) • First sentence - grouping sentence (what do they have in common that’s written in the document) “Documents ___ and ___ can be grouped together because they prove that…” • Specific evidence that’s paraphrased from the grouped documents that prove your thesis – proves understanding & supplies evidence. • Address point of view as you discuss two (2) documents. Prove your case by writing a short paragraph for each. “The point of view in document ___ is such that/ one of…..” Next paragraphs(?) – individual documents that can’t be grouped (making sure you use all of the documents) “Document ___ proves that…” • Specific evidence for each document • Address point of view. Prove your case by writing a short paragraph for each. “The point of view in document ___ is such that/ one of…..” Last paragraph – one (1) additional document (make your case by writing a short paragraph that it’s the “missing voice”)