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SAQ Resources

How to Respond to SAQs Presentation - NEWLY ADDED 9/30

LEQ Resources

DBQ Resources

How to Write an LEQ Presentation Updated 5/26
LEQ Rubric
- This is what I use to give feedback to my students or for peer grading.
First LEQ Packet
- This is the packet that I assign to teach students to write their first LEQ essay in Unit 1. They are allowed to use the packet to write their essay in class. Afterwards, students peer grade the essays. Students use anonymous numbers instead of names.
- Sample Essay for 1st LEQ
LEQ Practice Prompts and Outline
- Includes 8 prompts for students to quickly practice how they will answer the prompt and organize their essay
Heimler's History "Two Steps to a Perfect LEQ" Video (8+ minutes)
Heimler's History "A Formula for LEQ Writing" (4 minutes)

Section 2B: Long Essay
1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score

Students explain and analyze significant issues in world history.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The question choices focus on the same skills and the same reasoning process (e.g., comparison, causation, or continuity and change), but students choose from 3 options, each focusing primarily on historical developments and processes in different time periods—either 1200–1750 (option 1), 1450–1900 (option 2), or 1750–2001 (option 3).

How to Write a DBQ Presentation
How to Source Documents - NEWLY ADDED 6/30
DBQ Rubric
- This is what I use to give feedback to my students or for peer grading.
Official College Board DBQ Rubric
First DBQ Packet
- This is the packet that I assign to teach students to write their first DBQ essay in Unit 4. They are allowed to use the packet to write their essay in class. Afterwards, students peer grade the essays. Students use anonymous numbers instead of names.
Sample Essay for 1st DBQ
Quick Practice DBQ Graphic Organizer
- Pass this out with DBQ documents and give students quick practice with the basic skills of the DBQ without writing the full essay.
Heimler's History Video "Formula for DBQ Writing" (6 minutes)
Heimler's History Video "3 Secrets to a Perfect DBQ" (15 minutes)

Section 2A: Document-Based Question
1 Question | 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score

Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.
Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The document-based question focuses on topics from 1450–2001.

Students are expected to address one of the following historical thinking skills in answering the long-essay-question.