!DBQ


Document Based Question

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POV

 

Thesis

 

DBQs show how well you can analyze how people write history, how they remember history, how they want history to be.

 

Can you write a research paper in 45 minutes? Well, what if bibliography is already there for you? A DBQ is a mini-research paper. You have to be able to look at 6-10 documents, group them, figure out their major points of view, make up a good thesis and start writing!

 

Well-written DBQs have:

  • a good analysis of author's  Bias or point of view
  • uses All of the documents
  • sorts the documents into various Groupings
  • a deep Understanding of each document
  • uses the documents persuasively as Evidence
  • a well-developed and analytical Thesis *
  • stays withing the Time periods mentioned
  • successfully incorporates an Extra document

 *This one is important!!!