DBQ Practice APWH Review Session

Rubric Acceptable thesis (1 point) Understands the basic meaning of docs. (1 point) Supports thesis with evidence from ALL docs (2 points) Analyzes point of view in 2+ docs (1 point) Analyzes by grouping in 3+ ways (1 point) Identifies need for additional doc(s) (1 point)

Acceptable thesis Again, you MUST address all parts of the question! State your thesis at the end of your intro, and again in your conclusion (different wording) Use this sentence to hint at groupings

Understanding all documents For this point, you must do more than quote Quoting is a waste of energy, so paraphrase, paraphrase, paraphrase!! After you paraphrase a document, be sure to move into analysis (why is it relevant to the prompt?) Keep a checklist in the margins numbered 1-10 (or however many docs there are) to keep track of which you have used You can misinterpret one and still receive the point

Supports thesis with evidence from documents ALWAYS aim to discuss all documents, though sometimes they only require all but one. For these points, you must do more than paraphrase. You have to make the connection from the document to the prompt

Analyzes point of view Aim for POV on 3 or more documents If you get into expanded core, the more documents you analyze for POV, the better your score For this point, explain the background of the source. Look at time periods. Are there rivalries going on that could affect someone’s POV? No document is ever 100% neutral!!! There is ALWAYS POV!!!

Analyzes by grouping Use the groups as your body paragraphs, so that you will always have three groups If you need fallback groups, the PERSIAN categories usually work well (depending on the prompt) Don’t group parenthetically (Docs. 1, 2, 3, 7, 9). Discuss each document separately. Be creative!

Additional Document The most frequently missed point You can’t just state a need for an additional document. Explain in 2-3 sentences what information you would get from the document, and how it would help you answer the prompt!! Fallbacks- women and poor people (usually underrepresented in early time periods due to illiteracy)

Reminder The authors of the DBQ carefully selected the 8-10 documents specifically for the prompt. Every single document has relevance. Each one is intended to HELP you answer the question- not to trick you!