Professional Documents
Culture Documents
DBQ Worksheet
DBQ Worksheet
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BRAINSTORM the period and topic.
List everything that immediately comes to mind that relates to the question and historic period
If there are dates in the question, why are these dates important?
What came before and immediately followed this event or period?
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CONSTRUCT a preliminary rough outline. Does the question suggestion an organizational structure?
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DOCUMENTS
The documents are included for a purpose, and a major purpose is to trigger outside information. Add
to your brainstorm list as the documents trigger your memory for outside information. Pay special
attention to the author and date of the document.
One purpose of the DBQ is to assess your ability to analyze and interpret primary sources, including
documentary material, maps, statistical tables, and pictorial and graphic evidence of historical events.
Break your analysis into 3 categories:
1) Information (What is the document about?)
2) How does this document relate to the question?
3) Inferences : What outside information or inferences can be connected to the document
Doc. A
Information:
Doc. B
Information:
Doc. C
Information:
Doc. D
Information:
Doc. E
Information:
Doc. F
Information
Doc. G
Information
Doc. H
Information
Doc. I
Information
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Establish main ideas (organizing principles) that will be used to support the thesis.
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Go back through the documents and decide what main ideas each document could support. Write
them in after each main idea that you wrote above.
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