What is a DBQ?

[steve smith]

Could anyone clarify what DBQ is?

 

[Atul]

A DBQ (Document-Based Question) is an essay prompt used in exams like AP History that asks students to analyze and synthesize historical documents. Students must use provided primary or secondary sources to support an argument or thesis, demonstrating critical thinking and understanding of historical context.

 

[CleoVosbur]

A DBQ (Document-Based Question) is a certain type of essay activity, usually found in history courses, and it is the one where you are given documents written as primary sources and are asked to make a case out of them.

 

[ShawneeBav]

A Document-Based Question (DBQ) is an AP History exam essay, in which students create an argument out of the essay-supplied primary and secondary sources. It also evaluates your skills in evaluating evidence and determining bias and employing external historical knowledge within a time constraint.

 

[Clara]

A DBQ stands for Document-Based Question, a type of exam or essay question that requires analyzing provided documents to form a written response, commonly used in history classes.

 

[simran]

A DBQ (Document-Based Question) is an essay question used in history or social studies exams where you analyze provided documents and use them, along with your knowledge, to construct a well-supported answer.

 

[Jacks will]

DBQ or Document-Based Question is a type of academic essay question which requires students to interpret and deploy the given historical records to justify an argument or answer a question. DBQs are applied in history and social studies to assess the critical thinking, analysis of evidence, and writing.

 

[Michael Anderson]

A DBQ (Document-Based Question) is a genre of a writing question that is referred to as essay questions that are typically posed in history classes, which require the students to analyze and answer based on historical writings provided. It also challenges the fact-finding skills of a student to read between the lines and to infer and defend his arguments with facts and not memorized information.

 

[robbin]

A DBQ, or Document-Based Question, is an essay question used in history and social studies exams. Students analyze and interpret provided historical documents, then write an argument using evidence from those sources along with outside knowledge to support a clear thesis and demonstrate historical reasoning skills.

 

[Salvatore_Damon]

In many forums, the term DBQ is usually associated with either a Document-Based Question (AP History essay that uses provided sources) or a Disability Benefits Questionnaire (a VA form that doctors use to evaluate veterans' claims). Both are formalized instruments aimed at collecting pinpointed evidence to be used in a conclusive assessment or rating.

 

[royjasika]

A DBQ, or Document-Based Question, is a type of essay question used mainly in history exams. It provides students with historical documents—such as letters, maps, or charts—and asks them to analyze and use these sources, along with outside knowledge, to write a well-supported argumentative response.