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DBQ Practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A | DBQ Rubric - (7 pts) |
| B | Thesis/Claim (0-1 pt) |
| C | responds to prompt w/ historically defensible claim & establishes a line of reasoning (1 pt) |
| D | earn point: thesis must respond to prompt, not restate / 1+ sentences in one place / in intro or conclusion |
| E | Contextualization (0-1 pt) |
| F | describe broader historical context relevant to prompt (1 pt) |
| G | earn point: relate topic of prompt to broader historic events before, after, or during the question's time frame / no point for phrase or reference |
| H | Evidence (0-3 pts) |
| I | Evidence from Documents: 1 pt - content from 3 documents to address topic of prompt / 2 pts - supports argument in response to prompt with 6 documents |
| J | earn 1 pt: describe content from 3 documents / earn 2 pts - describe content from 6 documents & use content to support argument in response to the prompt |
| K | Evidence Beyond Documents: 1 pt - at least one piece of evidence outside documents relevant to an argument about the prompt |
| L | earn point: must describe evidence, not a phrase or reference / different from evidence used for contextualization point |
| M | Analysis & Reasoning (0-2 pts) |
| N | for 3 documents - explain why document's POV/purpose/audience/historical situation is relevant to an argument ( 1 pt) |
| O | earn point: explain how 3 documents' POV/purpose/audience/historic situation is relevant to an argument about the prompt |
| P | demonstrate complex understanding of the prompt's focus / use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument addressing the question (1 pt) |
| Q | response - demonstrates complex understanding in many ways: explain nuance of issue; analyze multiple variables / explain both sim & diff, cont & change, explain multiple cause, cause & effect / explain relevant connections across periods |
| Q part 2 | confirm validity or argument; corroborate multiple perspectives / qualifying; modifying argument; consider alternate views or evidence (understanding must be part of argument, not a phrase or reference) |
| R | reporting category |
| S | scoring criteria |
| T | decision rules |