AP World History
Have out your Write Now paper, notebook, and DBQ
materials from the last class period.
Write Now! Day 11 # 3.2
 Respond to the following in complete sentences in the space for
class meeting 2.
Describe how the Achamenids hold their empire
together. Be sure to include the transportation,
communication, and administration.
Essential Question
How do I write a DBQ for AP World History?
Topical Questions
 How do I write a DBQ?
 How do I group documents?
 How are my groupings reflected in my thesis?
 How is the DBQ graded?
 What is POV?
 How do I determine what other document I need?
The Document Based Question
Read the documents looking for….
Each document should shows something
related to the prompt. Read them and
summarize them out to the side. Jot notes
Do you see an answer there?
You should—they wrote the DBQ so you
could find one.
The part about the additional documents is a
reminder—you need to mention what additional
document you need and why.
Historical Background is there to help you. Read it,
but it may not be important—depending on how
much you know.
Point of View
Example of Point of View
Additional Documents
What is missing? What else do I need?
 Thesis
Formula
 Group One: Topic Sentence
 Documents supporting this group
(summarized and
analyzed)
 POV on one doc
 Additional doc
 Group Two: Topic Sentence
 Documents supporting this
group(summarized and analyzed)
 POV on one doc
 Additional doc
 Group Three: Topic Sentence
 Documents supporting this
group(summarized and analyzed)
 POV on one doc
 Additional doc
 Conclusion
Thesis
Write a thesis to answer the question using your groups in
your thesis.
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Now outline your essay.
State the topic and the documents supporting it.
How do I show the documents used?
(doc 1)
Don’t quote the whole thing “He walked….”
Don’t say “ In document 1..”
 Due end of class
Write!
Thesis
Group 1: Topic Sentence
Documents
POV
Group 2: Topic Sentence
Documents
POV
Group 3: Topic Sentence
Documents
POV
Homework
Chapter 8 vocabulary and Cornell Notes
DBQ thesis