Lesson 5: DBQ – Causes and Consequences of Global Conflict
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Students will construct a historically defensible argument explaining the causes or consequences of twentieth-century global conflict using evidence from multiple documents.
How can documents be used to explain historical causation and impact?
What distinguishes a strong DBQ argument?
document-based question, sourcing, evidence, reasoning, complexity
APWH Unit 7 Topics 7.1–7.6
Skill 5.A, 6.A
Reasoning Process: Argumentation
Planning, organizing, and revising evidence-based analytical writing.
Students complete a full AP-style DBQ with rubric-aligned expectations.
Purpose: Summative skill demonstration
DOK: 4
Using evidence to evaluate causes of modern global crises.
Students may summarize documents instead of using them analytically.
DBQ planning scaffolds; optional revision opportunities.
Full document-based question scored with AP rubric.
DBQ document set, scoring guidelines