AP US HISTORY DBQ ACTIVITY
1. Read the prompt carefully and underline or circle the key word or phrases.
2. Answer the following questions:
 What dates or time period does the prompt include?
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What geographic areas are involved?
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What terms in the prompt require a greater or specific definition?
3. List any information that comes to mind after reading the prompt. Remember that DBQ
responses require outside information (information not contained within the documents).
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4. Take fifteen minutes to read the documents.
5. Write a thesis statement that addresses the prompt (list thesis here).
6. See the boxes below to conceptually organize your response and prove your thesis.
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