DBQ
Section 2A: Document-Based Question
1 Question | 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score
Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.
Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The document-based question focuses on topics from 1450–2001.
"How to" DBQ SLIDES
Grading Comment Abbreviations. Use to understand DBQ feedback on essay and rubric.
POV:
P = Point of View (POV) ▪ Can you identify an important aspect of WHO the author is, and explain HOW this might have impacted what they wrote? ▪ Can you identify an influence that shaped the author or source, and EXPLAIN HOW THAT INFLUENCE specifically affected the document’s content? ▪ THE MAIN IDEA: What point is the Author trying to convey?
DBQ: EVIDENCE VS. CONTEXT
Details how each part of the DBQ works
Copy of Evid v Context v Synthesis.pdf