AP History DBQ Rubric and Disciplinary Practices

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the AP History DBQ rubric and disciplinary practices.

Thesis/Claim

A historically defensible claim that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning.

Contextualization

Describing broader historical events, developments, or processes relevant to the prompt.

Evidence from the Documents

Accurately describing content from documents to address the prompt.

Evidence beyond the Documents

Using additional historical evidence beyond the documents to support an argument.

Analysis and Reasoning (Sourcing)

Explaining the relevance of a document's point of view, purpose, historical situation, or audience to an argument.

Complex Understanding

Demonstrating a complex understanding of the historical development using evidence to support the argument.

Analyzing Historical Evidence

Students will be assessed on their ability to extract historically relevant information and/or arguments within a source.

Historical Context of a Source

Understanding how a source provides information about the broader historical context in which it was created.

Source Perspective

Recognizing how a source's point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience might affect its meaning.

Significance of Source Elements

Assessing the relative historical significance of a source's point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience.

Source Credibility

Judging a source's credibility and/or limitations.

History Reasoning Skills

Skills such as comparison, causation, and assessing change/continuity over time.

Causation

Describe causes or Describe causes or effects of a specific historical development or process.

Continuity and Change over Time

Describe patterns of continuity and/or change over time.