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How to Write a DBQ Essay
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You're in an AP History class and you have a DBQ essay coming up. Don't panic! As long as you've been (mostly) paying attention in class and read these steps, you'll do just fine.
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Prewriting for your DBQ Essay
1Know that you will be given 15 minutes to read the prompt, analyze the documents, and do any prewriting. When those 15 minutes are up, it is time to begin writing. This section covers those 15 minutes.
2Read the prompt. Determine what sort of evidence you will have to find in the documents based on the prompt …show more content…
Grouping historical documents must be done at least twice in your essay. The groups you make must support your thesis and make sense logically. The two (or more) groups must make sense and present two or more sides to your argument. You can group them as main groups, groups within groups, or in cross groupings.[6]
Main Group Example: Documents 1, 3, 4, and 6 support the ideas and methods of the suffragettes in the Women’s Rights Movement. Documents 2, 5, and 7 support the ideas of the men and women of society who did not think women should have the right to vote.
Groups Within Groups: (Within the main group of 1, 3, 4, and 6): Documents 3 and 6 support the methods of the suffragettes at the beginning of the Women’s Rights Movement.
Cross GroupingsDocuments 1 and 5 support some of the shared views about society that both suffragettes and men and women against women’s suffrage had.
10Keep in mind that an additional historical document must be discussed at least once within your essay. This is a document that is not provided in the essay question. This additional document could be any historical document and can be made up. You must identify a document that would be helpful to you in proving your point, and explain why it would be helpful. This document could be a government document, a treaty between nations, ship logs, a letter to a king or queen,
How to Write a DBQ Essay
Edited by Teresa, Lillian May, Maluniu, Chris Hadley and 21 others
55
Article
Edit Discuss
You're in an AP History class and you have a DBQ essay coming up. Don't panic! As long as you've been (mostly) paying attention in class and read these steps, you'll do just fine.
EditSteps
Prewriting for your DBQ Essay
1Know that you will be given 15 minutes to read the prompt, analyze the documents, and do any prewriting. When those 15 minutes are up, it is time to begin writing. This section covers those 15 minutes.
2Read the prompt. Determine what sort of evidence you will have to find in the documents based on the prompt …show more content…
Grouping historical documents must be done at least twice in your essay. The groups you make must support your thesis and make sense logically. The two (or more) groups must make sense and present two or more sides to your argument. You can group them as main groups, groups within groups, or in cross groupings.[6]
Main Group Example: Documents 1, 3, 4, and 6 support the ideas and methods of the suffragettes in the Women’s Rights Movement. Documents 2, 5, and 7 support the ideas of the men and women of society who did not think women should have the right to vote.
Groups Within Groups: (Within the main group of 1, 3, 4, and 6): Documents 3 and 6 support the methods of the suffragettes at the beginning of the Women’s Rights Movement.
Cross GroupingsDocuments 1 and 5 support some of the shared views about society that both suffragettes and men and women against women’s suffrage had.
10Keep in mind that an additional historical document must be discussed at least once within your essay. This is a document that is not provided in the essay question. This additional document could be any historical document and can be made up. You must identify a document that would be helpful to you in proving your point, and explain why it would be helpful. This document could be a government document, a treaty between nations, ship logs, a letter to a king or queen,