Watch Me PLAN a DBQ for AP World History (and Earn a Perfect Score?)

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In this video Heimler walks you through the process for how to write a DBQ for AP World History. Make sure you download the DBQ planning guide and the DBQ itself so you can follow along.

In almost every case, a good plan for a DBQ results in an essay that earns more points than a poorly planned DBQ. So it's critical that you spend your 15 minute reading period planning well.

At first, it'll take you more than 15 minutes, but the more you practice, the quicker you'll get.

[laurelyoung]

who else is absolutely sobbing at the mere thought of this exam.

[TomasCakulev]

how are we already here?? it felt like i was in unit 1 just 2 weeks ago!

[nukediamondx]

fun fact: We actually did this DBQ at school a couple weeks ago, and I got a 0/7 :)

[studiosdelightwsushi]

i want to thank you for the LEQ and SAQ videos! Got 7/7 on the LEQ and 30/30 on my SAQs!

[Schnitzellover]

7 days until the exam. I'm just praying for a 3 at this point

[oliviasmith]

This made me lose all the confidence I thought I had... I don't know how I'm gonna be able to do this in 3 days

[medtalk]

Thank you so much, your Ultimate Review Packet really came in clutch. This video also helped me plan today's DBQ better. I think I got a 7/7. Thank you so

[jamackienaanbread]

Omigodddd I was looking for a DBQ planning work through example video literally yesterday AND I COULDN’T FIND ONE!!! Thank you so much you’re literally my

[tmcgames]

When your own AP teacher recommends this guy

You know he is good

[MB-hcwe]

As much as I dislike writing the dbqs, reading the documents always fascinates me on people’s views from all throughout history. Do you know if there’s a bank where collegeboard pulls them from and if its public at all, or a website with historical documents similar to it?

[alisonwiginton]

literally watching this less than two hours before the ap test

[isabelletai]

I’m so scared of thinking about the test but I must push myself to think abt it 😭I HAVE TO I GOT THIS

[alexandraadsit]

Hi Mr. Heimler. I just want to sincerely thank you because you are the reason I have not completely failed nor had a mental breakdown yet 😂 even if I feel like sobbing every minute.

[koseiji]

bro Im taking the test tommorow. good luck to everyone who is too!

[saadkashif]

I had this prompt on a test DBQ a few months ago, after I saw the prompt in this video i pulled my written response up since it was online, and through this video i figured out how i got an 80 and how i can improve.

[amnag]

Is your ultimate review packet worth it? Also good luck to everyone taking the exam this year! And Heimler, thank u for ur existence.

[MmoonMmoose]

this is like an essay except if the person who made an essay thought of every single way to make it as horrible as they possibly could and then made it worse somehow and decided it was meant for ap world history

[mariellecorotan]

when ur teacher uses the exact same DBQ example for an assignment

[jonathanlee]

The 5 dislikes is the collegeboard watching the video

[justachildofGod]

Super helpful. This is the one I did in class, and I didn't do it nearly as well as this. This has been invaluable for my practice of DBQs, I actually feel like I know what to do and can practice them more!