DBQ Scoring Guidelines - A Review

• How many groups?• How many documents make a group? (AP

rules)• How many POVs total? Per Group?• Why does Ms. Duncan have additional

guidelines?

When dealing with POV…

• Always consider what possible ways the author may be influenced BY his/her experiences or views

• Always consider what possible feelings the author is trying to GET YOU TO FEEL when reading the source.

Helpful Trick to POV

• Consider this sentence for each SOURCE of the document

• We would expect __________ to __________ because ____________________________.

• Because Henry VIII is king we would expect him to defend his country because he wants to keep his status as all powerful king and ruler.

Another Example

• Because (______________) is (_________), we would expect him/her to feel this way because ____________________

• Because Susie was in the fight, we would expect her to say she was justified in punching Sally because it was self defense.

• (or because Sally stole her boyfriend)

Another Example

• Because (______________) is (_________), we would expect him/her to feel this way because ____________________

• Because the Pope is the leader of all Catholics we would expect him to defend Catholic ideas against Protestant teachings.

Another Example

• Because (______________) is (_________), we would expect him/her to feel this way because ____________________

• Because Heath is the archbishop, we would expect him to discredit the Queen as a religious ruler because he wants to be the ultimate head of the Anglican Church and not answer to a monarch.