Answer:
The point of the document-based question is not to torment you but actually to put you in the historian’s shoes as an interpreter of historical material.
Explanation:
The DBQ is testing your ability to:
- create a strong thesis and support that thesis with the aid of the documents provided
- analyze sources for characteristics such as author’s point of view, the author's purpose, the audience, and context
- make connections between the documents
- bring in outside knowledge to strengthen the argument
- This may sound like a tall order, but you probably already use all these skills all the time.
