APUSH DBQ/FRQ Advice

happymunkee
Thu, 06 May 2010 01:32:45 +0000

use your documents to write your essay. your essay should be able to tie in with the thesis using your documents.

Here are some of my tips to approaching the DBQ


Make a clear and concise thesis based off documents the same way you would on a FRQ
Write 4-5 paragraphs (I wouldn’t suggest more than 5 because you won’t have enough time to write that many or your topic will be too broad <– sign your thesis isn’t concise enough)
Don’t just throw out documents. ANALYZE THEM.
Here’s an example of what I’m talking about


say for instance, you had a document with a speech Lincoln gave. Don’t say
“Lincoln said blah blah blah (Doc B).” and move on. Instead, your next sentence should elaborate on how this fits into your thesis.

The way I write my DBQ’s and FRQ’s, I refer back to my thesis after every point/document to tie it back.


Use outside information. If you forget to use outside information and strictly confine yourself to just documents, you won’t score very high =[