DBQ Scoring Guidelines - A Review

1. 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?

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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)

5. 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.

6. 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.