AP world DBQ rubric

thesis/claim

1pt - Responds to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis/claim that establishes a line of reasoning.

contextualization

1pt - Describes a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.

evidence from the documents

2pts - Supports an argument in response to the prompt using at least six documents.

evidence beyond the documents

1pt - Uses at least one additional piece of the specific historical evidence (beyond that found in the documents) relevant to an argument about the prompt.

analysis & reasoning

For at least three documents, explains how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience is relevant to an argument.

complexity

Demonstrates a complex understanding of the historical development that is the focus of the prompt, using evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the question.