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Introduction::
This project is designed to acquaint you with
primary documents and the various ways they can
be used to interpret history. By creating your
own DBQ you will learn how to analyze and use
documents in answering essay questions. In addition
you will become familiar with this type of essay,
and the use of information and documents that
will be on the Advanced Placement Examination.
Instructions:
To complete this assignment, you must work with
one other person. Each person is responsible to
complete his or her part of the assignment so
that the DBQ project is turned in on time. To
create your Document Based Question:
- Brainstorm
several significant issues from the assigned
time period (1810-1960), and write a DBQ question.
- Select
seven to nine documents that illustrate some
aspect of the question; adding insight or information
to the question.
- The
documents that you select must include: one
visual source (cartoon or illustration), one
printed material source (a newspaper or magazine
article or textbook source), one personal document
(letter or diary entry), one public record document
(government document), one political document
(speech), and one chart, graph, or map. The
documents must be edited to include only the
most important information for the students
to use in writing the essay and you must site
the documents as well. All documents must be
directly related to the question and usable
in some way to answer the question, however
the documents should NOT include ALL of the
information needed to answer the question.
- Complete
an APPARTS Worksheet for EACH document included
in your question.
- Create
a list of Outside Information that students
could use in answering the question. Lists of
outside information must contain at least 25
possible citations. Outside information is any
information that relates to the question and
can and should be included in the answer, but
the information is not specifically contained
in the documents.
- Prepare
the question in DBQ essay format for duplication.
The DBQ must be typed on one side of the paper
only.
- You
must also include TWO essays that present completely
different points of view in answering the question.
The essays must be of the quality that would
receive a score of nine on the grading scale.
The essays must be typed on one side of the
paper only.
- Your
group’s complete DBQ package must be turned
in all together in a folder that will be provided
by the instructor.
Extension:
Have other groups take the DBQ – and have
the original group grade it with a rubric.
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