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THE DBQ (Documents Based Question)

THE DBQ (Documents Based Question). The DBQ is like any other essay Must have an introductory paragraph with a clearly established thesis and a summary of the evidence you will use to defend the thesis 60 minutes

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THE DBQ (Documents Based Question)

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  1. THE DBQ (Documents Based Question) • The DBQ is like any other essay • Must have an introductory paragraph with a clearly established thesis and a summary of the evidence you will use to defend the thesis • 60 minutes • 15 minutes of preparation where you CANNOT begin writing your essay but you can write on the documents and in the margins of the test • 45 minutes of writing your DBQ essay

  2. THE DOCUMENTS • The documents relate to the essay question • The documents can be charts, graphs, and political cartoons as well as private letters, diary entries, and public speeches. • The documents are always in chronological order

  3. THE DOCUMENTS • Consider the documents as research that has already been done for you • Your job is to include this research in your essay to strengthen your argument

  4. OUTSIDE INFORMATION • Your DBQ essay must contain what we call OUTSIDE INFORMATION!!!! • Outside Information is your knowledge of history that is outside of what the documents tell you • Every essay you’ve ever written has included outside information • The MAJORITY of information and analysis in your DBQ essay MUST come from outside information

  5. NUTS AND BOLTS • After you have read the essay question a few times, create a list of the relevant outside information you will incorporate into your essay • Create a T-Chart if that is helpful • Then, read each document • Note the source of the document • Read the document for the overall message of that particular source

  6. NUTS AND BOLTS • Write down the main message(s) of the source • Consider how that source relates to the question • When you have completed all of the documents, GROUP them. • Which documents tend to support position A? Which support position B? Which depend upon interpretation? Which contain an obvious bias?

  7. INCORPORATING THE DOCUMENTS INTO YOUR ESSAY • You CANNOT just say what the document says • You are graded on your level of ANALYSIS • How does the document relate to your thesis? • How does the document help prove your thesis?

  8. INCORPORATING THE DOCUMENTS INTO YOUR ESSAY • Demonstrates/Demonstrating • Illustrates/Illustrating • Exemplifies/Exemplifying • Shows/Showing • Proves/Proving • Establishes/Establishing • Explains/Explaining

  9. INCORPORATING THE DOCUMENTS INTO YOUR ESSAY • NEVER say “document”…NEVER say “Document A says…” • Incorporate the documents with approaches like this: • “President Polk believed (summary of the main idea.) This demonstrates that (your analysis”) • “In a letter written to so and so President Polk argued that (summary of the main idea) exemplifying his belief that (your analysis”)

  10. INCORPORATING THE DOCUMENTS INTO YOUR ESSAY • “Political cartoons of the time period displayed Polk as a blankety-blankety-blank” • “American soldiers like Colonel Ethan Allen Hitchcock felt that (summary of the main idea.) Hitchcock’s perspective shows that (your analysis”)

  11. INCORPORATING THE DOCUMENTS INTO YOUR ESSAY • You CAN incorporate documents that do not align with your thesis • “In his message to Congress President Polk argued that yada, yada, yada. Polk failed to point out that…” • “Despite the fact that men like John Slidell felt yada, yada, yada, the United States…”

  12. INCORPORATING THE DOCUMENTS INTO YOUR ESSAY • You MUST incorporate a MAJORITY of the documents into your essay. • Do NOT quote from the documents…I repeat, Do NOT quote from the documents

  13. IN CONCLUSION • Remember, the documents are there to help you defend your thesis. • You are using them as part of your analysis/argument therefore you must show how they connect to your thesis.

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