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!!!