<p>Our teacher has told us that we should try to use half of the documents to achieve a high score on the DBQ. However, looking at Collegeboard's scoring guidelines, they require a "substantial number" which sounds like more than half.</p>
<p>So, how many documents should students try to use?</p>
<p>My teacher told us that using “almost all” of the documents means leaving only one or two out. What I do is leave 1 out if it’s 9 documents or less, or 2 if it’s 10 documents or more.</p>
<p>Our teacher always says to use make 3 groups with at least 2 documents in each, preferably 3. I usually use 8/9.</p>
<p>Use all of the documents. But if there’s one document that you’re unsure of, you can leave it out. It’s better to miss one document than use that document incorrectly.</p>
<p>When I took this class my teacher said one more than half.</p>
<p>I think it’s just more than half. It is not as many as Euro or World since you are supposed to rely more on outside information</p>