WORLD HISTORY QUARTER 1 QLM

Student Answer Response Sheet

DBQ: Islam, Christianity, & Buddhism

Accessed online at: (Worksheets Attached)

Some things you should know:

●DBQ stands for Document Based Question.

●A DBQ is a type of essay that provides you with documents to serve as sources of information for your writing.

●A DBQ is not necessarily designed to assess your content knowledge but rather to guide you in the practice of thinking like an historian as you will be prompted to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize the information presented in a series of primary and secondary sources.

How to Write a DBQ Essay:

Step #1: Unlock the Prompt

●Read the Historical Context to begin brainstorming ideas for writing your introduction. Take a look at the Historical Context for this essay below.

Historical Context: Throughout history, the spread of belief systems has influenced social, economic, and political developments in many regions. These belief systems include Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism.
  • Brainstorm:

What time periods/societies/areas of the world come to mind?

Identify (if possible):

WHO:

WHAT:

WHEN:

WHERE:

●Read the Task below.

Task: Using the information from the documents and your knowledge of global history, write an essay in which you Select two belief systems mentioned in the historical context and for each • Describe how the belief system spread to a specific region or regions • Discuss how the belief system influenced a region or regions socially, economically, and/or politically

○Circle action verbs.

○Underline important ideas/details.

○Restate the prompt expectations as a thesis statement.

Sample Thesis: The Islamic and Buddhist traditions that developed in India had a profound impact on the social, economic, and political development of that country.

Your Preliminary Thesis:

Step #2: Close Reading of the Documents

●Begin by conducting a first read, reading each document just to get the gist.

●Then, go back and conduct a Close Read. Be sure to Mark Up the Text as you examine each document.

●Finally, answer each of the scaffolding questions that accompany the given texts.

Step #3: Responding to the Prompt

●Outline your thoughts: In your body paragraphs, you should use 4 out of the 6 documents total. That would equal out to 2 documents for each of the body paragraphs (or 1 per topic).

Intro
Historical Context Sentence:
Thesis:
Body Paragraph #1
Topic: ______
Document #s: / Details:
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Body Paragraph #2
Topic: ______
Document #s: / Details:
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Conclusion
Restated Thesis:

●Now, WRITE your essay and revise according to the Scoring Rubric.

Scoring Rubric: Document Based Question (DBQ)Total: /60

8-10 / 5-7 points / 2-4 points / 0-1 points
Thesis
/10 / ·well developed
·provides a clear road map
·analytical
·accurate
·clearly addresses question
·comprehensive / ·good thesis; developed
·provides a road map with a few main points
·satisfactorily addresses question
·beyond simple restatement of question / ·thesis is limited
·confused; does not provide a clear road map
·inadequately addresses question
·simple restatement of question / ·no thesis
·thesis does not address the question
Addresses
task
/10 / ·all aspects of question are addressed—thoroughly and evenly / ·all aspects of question are addressed, though not evenly or thoroughly / ·most aspects of essay question are addressed / ·essay attempts or fails to address the task
Analysis
/10 / ·strongly supports thesis throughout
·evaluates in depth
·sophisticated
·Richly supported with relevant facts, examples and details
·uses comparisons, connections where appropriate / ·satisfactorily supports thesis
·adequate
·more descriptive than analytical (but attempts to include some analysis)
·good/complete
·includes relevant, facts, examples and details / ·limited support of thesis
·over generalized; lacks analysis
·simplistic
·includes some facts and details / ·inadequate support of thesis
·incorrect or inaccurate
·no analysis is present
·includes no use of accurate or relevant facts and details
Use of Documents
/10 / ·strongly supports thesis with appropriate evidence from documents
·All the information from documents is cited correctly
·uses info from documents persuasively as evidence; student understands the meaning of documents
·careful, insightful analysis and synthesis
·uses at least 4 documents / ·satisfactorily supports thesis with appropriate evidence from documents
·Most of the information from documents is cited correctly
·uses info from documents as evidence, but student only understands basic meaning of documents
·satisfactory analysis
·uses some documents (at least 3 used) / ·limited support of thesis
·unclear references/citations of documents
·Students uses quotes from documents instead of paraphrasing
·general or simplistic use of documents because students has limited understanding of documents’ meaning
·limited use of documents (uses 2 documents) / ·inadequate support of thesis
·No documents cited
·has little or no understanding of documents
·ineffectual use of documents or no documents used
Accuracy
/10 / ·may include few minor historical errors that do not detract from quality of essay / ·may include minor errors that somewhat detract from quality of essay / ·major errors and/or omissions / ·substantial factual errors and/or omissions
Organization
/10 / ·Includes a well developed intro and conclusion that appropriately sets up the themes
·well developed
·consistently demonstrates a clear and logical plan of organization
·clearly written / ·Includes a satisfactory intro and conclusion that sets up basic themes/ideas
·satisfactorily developed
·demonstrates a clear and logical plan of
·mostly clearly written / ·Intro and conclusion are present but do not relate to topic and/or are confusing
·Essay may be missing an intro or conclusion
·poorly organized
·lacks focus
·grammatical and spelling errors throughout / ·No intro or conclusion present
·no plan evident
·considerable grammatical and spelling errors