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APUSHistory2019-2020
HOW TO DBQ…WRITING FOR APUSH
¡ WhatisaDocumentBasedQuestion?§ Thisisaquestionthatisansweredbasedonyourabilitytoread,analyze,andsynthesizeDOCUMENTS.
¡ Whatskillsdoesthistest?§ Yourabilitytoreadcritically.§ Yourabilitytoformulateanargument.§ Yourabilitytosupportyourargumentwithdocumentaryevidence.
¡ ThesearetheskillshistoriansuseEVERYDAY!J¡ Istherea ‘magicformula’?
§ NO!YouMUSTread,think,andwriteWELL.¡ Whatshouldyouconsider…
ABOUT THE DBQ…
¡ Beforeyoubeginwriting– READ!¡ Afterreadingthepromptonce,MARKIT!
§ Circleorunderlinekeywordsandphrases:“analyze,”“explain,”“compareandcontrast,”“evaluate,”“towhatextent.”
§ Statethepromptinyourownwords§ Brieflylistthehistoricaleventsoftheperiodaddressed:political,economic,religious,social,intellectual,andartistic!
§ Readthedocuments!Makesureyounotethesource,title,andyear!
¡ DONOTdoanythingelseUNTILyouunderstandwhatyouareaskedtodo.
¡ Whyisthisstepsoimportant?§ ThishelpsprovidepotentialideasANDorganizetheessay.
1. READ THE PROMPT…
¡ DoIhavetocompletelyunderstandthehistorictopic?§ NO!Thisessayisallaboutyourabilitytoreadandanalyzedocuments.
§ IfyouknowNOTHING,youcanstillgeta5-7– IF youfullyaddressthepromptandwritewell.
2. DO NOT PANIC…YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE TOPIC!
¡ WhatdoIdoAFTERreadingtheprompt?§ Readthedocuments
¡ Howlongshouldthistake?§ Planon5-10minutes.
¡ Howmanydocumentsarethere?§ Planon7documents
¡ DoImark(annotate)thedocuments?§ YES!Lookforkeywords,phrases,andideas
¡ DoIHAVEtogroupthedocuments?§ YoushouldALWAYSlookforwaystogroupthedocumentsforyourargument.
§ YoushouldLIMITyourgroupsto2-3groups!§ Ifyouhavetotakeaposition,groupdocumentsonthebasisofthisposition.
3. READ THE DOCUMENTS
¡ Whatis Ms. Ford’s groupingrecommendation?§ HaveTHREE groups!§ Ifyouhave3groups,youwillmeetthereadingstandardsetEVERYYEAR!
¡ Howmanydocumentsshouldbeinagroup?§ Atleast2documentspergroup!
¡ DoI HAVEtouseALLthedocuments?§ YES!Allthedocumentsapplytotheprompt!Thereaderswilltriplecheckusageofalldocuments.
¡ CanadocumentgoinMOREthanonegroup?§ YES!Thisshowsacompleteunderstandingofthedocumentsinconversationwitheachother!
¡ Whataboutanoutsidedocument?§ YourMUST provideatleastONE exampleoradditionalpieceofspecificevidencebeyondthosefoundinthedocumentstosupportorqualifyyourargument.
4. GROUP THE DOCUMENTS!
¡ Groupingdocumentshelpsyouwriteaclearthesisstatementandessay!§ YouWILL haveaclearONESENTENCEthesis!§ Eachbodyparagraphshoulddirectlytietoagroup!
¡ ALWAYSCITEYOURDOCUMENTUSAGE!§ (Doc.#)
¡ REMEMBERTHEPOINTOFVIEW(POV)and/orContext ,Audience,Purpose(CAP)!§ YouMUSTmentioneitherthepointofvieworthecontext,audience,purposeforaminimumof3documents.
§ InMs.Ford’sclass,youwillcompleteandincludeaHIPPforALL7 documents.§ HistoricContext,IntendedAudience,Purpose,&POV
¡ Willgender,occupation,socialclass,religion,ethnicity,education,etc…helpwithPOV?YES!
HOW DOES GROUPING HELP ME?
¡ HowdoI demonstrateacomplexunderstandingofthetopic?§ Explainingnuancebyanalyzingmultiplevariables.
§ Explaining§ BOTHsimilaritiesanddifferences§ BOTHcontinuitiesandchanges§ MULTIPLEcausesofanevent§ BOTHcausesandeffects
§ Explainingrelevantandinsightfulconnectionswithinandacrossperiods
§ Confirmingthevalidityofanargumentbycorroboratingmultipleperspectivesacrossthemes
§ Qualifyingormodifyinganargumentbyconsideringdiverseoralternativeviewsorevidence.
5. DEMONSTRATE A COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING!
¡ YouMUSTidentifyandexplainWHYoneadditionalpieceofspecifichistoricalevidence.§ Youhaveto describethehistoricalevidence.
§ Youhaveto specificallyexplainwhythisevidencewouldfurtheryourargument.
§ ThisMUSTbedifferentfromthecontextualizationpiece.
6. OUTSIDE EVIDENCE!