Document Based Question
Continuity, Change Over Time, and Comparative Reconstruction & Civil Rights
Directions:
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Research, locate, and analyze primary sources
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Select 7 sources to use
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Develop and create a question based on your research. Your question must address
continuity, change over time, and a comparison of Reconstruction and the Civil Rights
Movement
Suggestions for primary sources:
Reconstruction
http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Weblinks/AHAP_Weblinks14.htm
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/civil-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1877
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html
http://chs.csdvt.libguides.com/content.php?pid=358880&sid=2961929
Civil Rights
http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Weblinks/AHAP_Weblinks27.htm
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/1945-present/civil-rights-movement/primarysources
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/gilder-lehrman-resources-relatedcreated-equal-america%E2%80%99s-civil-rights-struggle
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/
http://investigatinghistory.ashp.cuny.edu/m11.html
30-26
25-21
Make Your Own - DBQ Rubric
 Well-written question that incorporates all
aspects of the task. Questions is clear &
focused
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Variety of sources used
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Documents are organized & 7 documents
used
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Follows AP DBQ Format
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Documents edited
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Questions includes most but not aspects of
the task. Questions is clear & focused

Variety of sources used.
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Documents are organized & 7 documents
used
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Follows AP DBQ Format
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20-16
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Documents edited
Partially, developed question that lacks
focus & is missing a majority of the task
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Limited variety in sources used
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Documents lack organization & required
number not used
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Follows AP DBQ Format
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15-11
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Documents poorly edited
Confused & poorly developed question
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No variety in sources used
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Documents disorganized & does meet
required sources
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Does not follow AP DBQ Format
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Documents not edited
APUSH DBQ RUBRIC
Name:
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Updated for the 2015 Exam
DBQ:
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THESIS
(ONE POINT)
POINT
1. Clear thesis that directly answers all parts of the question.
Does more than re-state.
DOCUMENTS
Used
(THREE POINTS)
POV, Audience,
Context, Purpose
Analyzed
2. USES the
majority of the
documents
D1
D2
3. ANALYSIS &
POV for
majority of the
documents
D3
D4
D5
4. ANALYSIS &
POV for
all (or all but
one) of the
documents
D6
D7
EVIDENCE & CONTEXT
Outside information
(TWO POINTS)
[Specific Examples – 34]
5. Analysis of
HISTORICAL
EXAMPLES outside
the docs to support
thesis
Historical Context
[Big Picture – At least
2]
6. Connects historical
to broader historical
events and/or processes
Accurate / Relevant /
Explicit
SYNTHESIS
(ONE POINT)
7. Appropriately extends or modifies stated thesis or argument
OR Effectively accounts for disparities in the documents
OR makes valid comparisons to other historical periods, geographical areas,
etc.
Basically, put the documents in conversation
with one another and with history, in general,
while effectively employing POV.
TOTAL POINTS:
/7