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How to do a DBQ

How to do a DBQ. Why use DBQ’s?. Think Analytically and Respond integrating information Evaluate –reliability, validity and accuracy Indentify POV, determine bias Categorize, Compare/Contrast Choose accurate, relevant evidence Writing Skills!. A DBQ is like a tasty hamburger….

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How to do a DBQ

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  1. How to do a DBQ

  2. Why use DBQ’s? • Think Analytically and Respond integrating information • Evaluate –reliability, validity and accuracy • Indentify POV, determine bias • Categorize, Compare/Contrast • Choose accurate, relevant evidence • Writing Skills!

  3. A DBQ is like a tasty hamburger…

  4. The introductory paragraph… • The “top bun” of your essay…. • 4-6 sentences

  5. The introductory paragraph… • Establish a TIME & PLACE • Create a clear THESIS STATEMENT • Allude to the SUB-TOPICS or categories you will discuss to support your thesis statement • No “laundry list” • Focus on the question at hand—do NOT begin with a “flowery” sentence!

  6. The “meat” paragraphs… • The “TASTY” part of your essay • 8-12 sentences per paragraph

  7. The “meat” paragraphs… • Identify your sub-topic or category in the first sentence • Include the documents that are relevant to support the ideas in the paragraph • Use a majority of the documents given • (1/2 + 1) • Be sure to indicate point-of-view/bias • Bring in supporting outside information • Why were these documents selected?

  8. Questions to ask yourself about the documents…. • Attribution who is this person? • Why might he/she be significant? • What is the POV of the author? (more than gender) • How reliable & accurate is the source? • What is the tone or intent of the author? • What other information does this document call to mind? DOCUMENTS CAN BE USED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS….

  9. Demonstrating POV/Bias… • Attribution: cite the author by name, title, or position, if possible • Why is this person and document selected? • How does it help me answer the question? • Examples: • John Tyler, an English writer, said, “…” • A Dominican monk in Florence described…

  10. Demonstrating POV/Bias… • Authorial POV: you show awareness that the gender, occupation, class, religion, nationality, political position or ethnic identity of the author could influence his/her views • How does this apply to the question? • Why did the author write what he/she did? • Example: • Balthasar Rusow, a Lutheran pastor, was naturally upset by the celebration of a Saint’s Day, since Lutheran don’t venerate saints.

  11. Demonstrating POV/Bias… • Reliability & accuracy of each source referenced: you examine a source for its reliability & accuracy by questioning if the author of the document would be in a position to be accurate • How might this help you answer the question? • Example • Niccolo Machiavelli’s book on the political tactics of a Renaissance prince was probably accurate as he observed the behavior of the prince, Cesare Borgia, for many years.

  12. Demonstrating POV/Bias… • Tone or intent of the author: you examine the text of a document to determine its tone (satire, irony, indirect commentary, etc) or the intent of the author. Useful for visual documents (artwork/political cartoons) • Example • In his great sculpture of “David,” Michelangelo wanted to convey the confidence, and even arrogance, of Renaissance Florence at the peak of its cultural influence in 16th Century Europe.

  13. Demonstrating POV/Bias… • Grouping of documents by author: you show an awareness that certain types of authors, simply by their authorship*, will express similar views when you group documents by type of author • Example • As Northern Renaissance humanists, Erasmus, More, and Cervantes all poked fun at the foibles and scandals of late medieval society as well as their own. • *the quality or function of an author

  14. How to reference a document in your essay…. • Baldasare Castiglione, in The Handbook of the Courtier, said, “…….” (doc 4) • Erasmus of Rotterdam, a northern Christian humanist, agreed with….. (doc 7) • The 19thC historian, Jacob Burkhardt, felt that ……… (doc 9) • NEVER begin with: In document 3, …..

  15. The concluding paragraph… • The “bottom bun” of your essay • It holds it all together • 4-6 sentences

  16. The concluding paragraph… • Start with a “concluding phrase” • Restate your thesis statement a bit differently • Put your essay in a larger historical perspective • End of some trend/movement/idea, etc • Beginning of some trend/movement/idea etc • End of one & beginning of another • Do NOT end on the note that this is the reason we are where we are today!!!!

  17. Put it all together and….

  18. You have written a top-notch AP DBQ essay!!!!How ‘bout some practice??

  19. Thanks toMs. Susan PojerHorace Greeley HSChappaqua, NY

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