<p>Does anyone know the preferred number of documents we are supposed to use in order to get a good score? For the DBQ, most of my essay focused on outside information, since most of the documents, I felt, weren't relevant to my arguments.</p>
<p>Hey guys what if suppose u discuss something outside of the time interval given in the DBQ, like i just gave out something outside the time period, can we discuss the DBQ yet? Like i just mentioned something outside the period it was a true fact however not really relevant but i talked about for like 2-3 sentences. is that a "major error" or "minor error". What is the highest score for the DBQ can i get?</p>
<p>As far as documents, my teacher tells us to go by the rule: 6/8 or 8/10. On this exam, it would've been 8/10 preferred, but if you present a strong paper, I wouldn't worry about using a ton of documents.</p>
<p>And really, there wasn't much of an argument to be made on this DBQ. It was more of an "explanatory" DBQ.</p>
<p>Unless you completely go on a tangent about an outside time period, you should be fine. I actually did that in a couple of my essays, but only as a comparing side note or explaining cause and effect. I made sure not to stray off topic.</p>
<p>Yeah i didn't have really have a thesis like argumentative just explanation.............. can someone answer my eralier question ^^</p>
<p>O thanks olive_tree, i didnt really go off on a tangent but some of my "misinformation" was an integral part of my essay?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you're fine.</p>
<p>Oh, I was fine with the enduring vision. I have great partial photographic memory so basically only reading the chapters was what I need to do to well on all my AP US History tests. In my school they abolished alot of the honors social studies classes, except for ninth grade. You either take regular or AP History, AP Euro, AP Government & Politics, AP MicroEconomics. I just noticed that the term for those classes are longer than that of the regular class, except for AP Micro</p>