Transcript The Dreaded DBQ

THE DREADED DBQ
Embrace
the Suck!
-GoRuck
WHAT IS IT?
 DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION
 Prompt
 Set of docs
 Up to 7
 15 min. planning period
 What do you know? OI
 Analyze docs
 What is your argument?
 45 min. writing time
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
 Write on one of the HTS
 Causation
 Why did ____ happen?
 CCOT
 What changed? Why? How? What stayed the same?
 Comparison
 b/t time periods, regions, ethnic groups, ideas
 Periodization/TAP
 Turning points
 Why is it labeled ____ period? Era? Movement?
YOU MUST…
 Argue a point
 Appropriately use EVIDENCE
 Is your info. relevant?
 Does it advance your argument?
 Contextualization
 Make sense of events going on w/in time period
 Synthesis
 Connect ideas and come to greater understanding of larger
event/idea
AP MEANS…
 ANSWER THE PROMPT!
 Look at question
 Circle main words
 What do you have to do?
 How many parts are there?
 Compare?
 CCOT?
 Is there a time period specified?
 The rest?
 Formulate a thesis that answers ALL parts of the question
 Support thesis with EVIDENCE
 Evidence?
 The documents + OI
OUTSIDE INFO.
 Immediately after reading prompt
 List as much as possible
 Must construct argument around what you know
 Use DOCS as additional support
 Don’t let docs drive your essay!
DOCS
 Take ALL that is given, break it down, use to support
argument
 BUT…
 THE ESSAY IS NOT ABOUT THE DOCUMENTS!
 NEVER, EVER, EVER…
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Doc. A says…
No explanations
No quotes!
NO SUMMARIES!
 Docs used should support your argument
 As read, pay attention to parts of doc. that BACK YOU UP!
 Underline, circle
HIPP
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Historical Context
Intended Audience
Point of View
Purpose
THE RUBRIC
 Thesis- 1
 Evidence- 1 , 2, 3
 1- majority
 2- majority used AND one of HIPP
 3- ALL but one AND HIPP for ALL but one
 OI- 1
 Contextualization- 1
 Can you connect the events to the time period?
 Why does it matter within the time period?
 Connect to what else was going on.
 Synthesis- 1
 LINKAGE!
 Extend or modify thesis
 Is there contradictory evidence?
 From other historians, regions, people