Download File - World History

DBQ/CRQ Practice
session
Constructed Response Questions
 They ask you to apply your knowledge and
understanding in a short written answer.
 Some will have documents and some will
not – as you will see in the past released
NCFE tests.
Steps to answering a CRQ/DBQ
1. Understand the prompt/question
Typically it begins with some context, then a task (ex. Explain, analyze,
compare, etc.), and lastly specifies what you must include from the text.
2. Restate the question
 Use the actual question in
your answer – restate the
question
3. Provide general answer
 Along with the restated
question your beginning
sentence should have a
general answer with no
specific details.
Steps to answering a CRQ/DBQ
4. Skim the text.
 Look for the specific details needed – this can be made easier if
you annotate.
5. Cite the author/text
 Ex. The text/document states…According to the passage…The
author (if authors name is there use it)
6. End with why the evidence fits.
 The scorer is thinking…SO WHAT? What do the details prove?
 Explain the evidence
 Ex. This shows…This demonstrates…This proves
7. REREAD your response
 Your response has to provide context, a general answer,
specific evidence, and an explanation.
How is your writing scored?
 Score 0
 Response fails to evaluate the lasting impact
of the key turning point in world history.
 Response fails to include one example of
textual support OR includes one example of
textual support that is irrelevant because the
response does not evaluate the lasting impact
of the key turning point in world history.
How is your writing scored?
 Score 1
 Response evaluates the lasting impact of
the key turning point in world history.
 Response includes one example from the
text that does not support the evaluation
OR lacks one example of textual support.
How is your writing scored?
 Score 2
 Response evaluates the lasting impact of
the key turning point in world history.
 Response includes one example of
textual support that evaluates the lasting
impact of the key turning point in world
history.
Example #1 - What is the question
asking?
Evaluate the lasting impact of the
Treaty of Versailles as a positive
or negative turning point in world
history. Use one detail from the
text above to support your
position.
The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I and established
the League of Nations. The League of Nations has a
mission to promote world peace and fight human suffering
around the world. In addition to creating the league,
provisions stripped away the power Germany had gained
during the war. It required that the German people pay an
indemnity to the Allied powers of over $37 billion dollars to
compensate for damages from the war, and relinquish the
territorial gains made in World War I. Furthermore, it also
severely restricted the size of the German army and navy,
and gave control of the Saarland – an important industrial
region in southwestern Germany – to France. When the
Nazi party achieved power in Germany, it worked to reverse
the effects of the Treaty of Versailles and promised revenge
against the Allies for imposing it.
Example #2
European nations such as Portugal, Spain,
France, and England led explorations to new
lands in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. These voyages extended from the
coast of Africa to the Americas and beyond.
Explain how the voyages of exploration affected
global interaction and new patterns of trade.
Give two examples: one for impact on global
interactions and another for new patterns of
trade.