DBQ Scramble for Africa 2009 WHAP/Napp

Rules for the DBQ on the College Board World History Advanced Placement Examination:

  • Students will be allotted ten minutes for the mandatory reading of documents.
  • During the reading period, students may take notes but not start writing the essay.

Strategies for the Document-Based Question:

  • After the reading period, a student should write the essay in 40 minutes.
  • Students should write the DBQ essay first (there are three essays).
  • Students must incorporate all, or all but one, of the documents in the essay.
  • Students must also comment on at least one OTHER type of document, NOT included, that might shed light on the question.
  • Students must analyze point of view in documents.

Additional Strategies:

  • Students cite documents by identifying the author and/or title of the document.
  • For full credit, a student should analyze point of view for all or most of the documents.
  • One of the skills a student MUST demonstrate is an ability to group documents into useful and meaningful categories.
  • The thesis will clearly state the three groups the student has created.

~ Adapted from Barron’s World History AP

Questions:

1- How long is the mandatory reading period? ______

2- What may students do during the mandatory reading period? ______

3- What are students not allowed to do during the mandatory reading period? ______

4- After the reading period, students will have 120 minutes to write three essays, which essay should the student write first and why? ______

5- How many documents must the student incorporate into the DBQ essay? ______

6- What is the “missing document” or “other document”? ______

7- How do students cite documents? ______

8- What is point of view analysis? ______

9- For how many documents should a student analyze point of view? ______

10- How many groups should a student create? ______

From the 2009AP World History Free-Response Questions:

The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-9

Using the documents, analyze African actions and reactions in response to the European Scramble for Africa. Identify an additional type of document and explain how it would help in assessing African actions and reactions.

Historical Background: In the three decades after the Berlin Conference on Africa (1884–1885), European powers occupied and colonized areas in Africa, a process later termed the Scramble for Africa.

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Group the Documents Three Ways:

Write a Valid Thesis Statement for the DBQ: ______

Identify a missing document: ______

How would this document help the student answer the question? ______

Analyze point of view in a document: ______

Write one body paragraph for the essay:

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