<p>Okay so i just took the US history ap test and i went and did the dbq and people here are saying u have to cite the documents when u use them? my teacher said that it wasnt neccessary and should a couple of old essays that didnt cite and got good grades.</p>
<p>So my question is am i skrewed? will it bring my grade down? bc i used most of the documents except 2 but didnt cite</p>
<p>it probably will.</p>
<p>as long as you mentioned the source in someway you should be fine</p>
<p>no you DON’T have to cite the docs. I’m positive.</p>
<p>ex: If you want to use Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise as a document, you do NOT need to say:
“As shown in Document A, Booker T. Washington believed that economic independence was the key to freedom.”</p>
<p>you SHOULD say:
“Booker T. Washington was one man in particular who espoused economic independence as a pathway to liberty in his ‘Atlanta Compromise.’”</p>
<p>Does that make since?
I took Euro and didn’t cite anything and got a 5. And I know my APUSH teacher takes off points if you say “Document Blahblahblah.” So I really don’t think you have to. I’m sure a pair of parentheses with the number would be OK though but if you didn’t do that its also fine.</p>
<p>okay but i didnt say the author either i just used the general meaning(meaning i paraphrased each one in a way to support my argument)</p>
<p>^ I’ve heard that paraphrasing is not a good idea on DBQs.</p>
<p>well i said what the document meant didnt mix up the words that they used so i guess it wasnt paraphrasing</p>
<p>As long as there is some of your own analysis, you should be alright. Merely talking about each document will get you at max… a 4/9 maybe… if it’s really informative and creative.</p>
<p>I said “‘blahblahblahblah,’ (Document B).”</p>
<p>The way I learned, from a grader, is that you use your own ideas and use the documents to support it…So something like:</p>
<p>Document is about Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Essay:
Some whites attempted to help the slaves by creating a network of homes which assisted when traveling north (Doc A).</p>
<p>I did parenthetical last year and got a 5… but if you mentioned where you got the info from that’s okay.
If you used specific facts and didn’t even mention the author then that might hurt your grade some.</p>
<p>Yeah, you’re supposed to cite your reference in the text. It’s the whole point of a DBQ, you’re using given evidence to support your points and make your claims…</p>
<p>I did both “As Document B stated…” and also the (Doc. D) at the end of my phrases… I’m sure it’s not that big of a requirement on the point scales though.</p>
<p>If you don’t cite, that is perfectly fine. However, by doing this you are risking that the readers won’t pick up on your implied citations.</p>
<p>If you were fairly obvious, you’ll be fine. If you weren’t, they might not think you used as many documents as you thought you did.</p>
<p>That being said, if they don’t pick up on a document you thought you used, chances are you wouldn’t have gotten credit even if you did cite the document (probably not a deep enough analysis).</p>
<p>We were always told to cite our sources. I always mixed it up, but we used DOCA, DOCB, DOCC etc. notation, usually in parenthesis but occasionally as part of the sentence (that is, Booker T. Washington from DOCG blah blah blah).</p>