Also, review old DBQs you have taken–your documents (primary sources) should look just like those do. When you give the source information you are giving the author/speaker/creator, book/magazine/newspaper/speech/etc, date. (You are NOT giving any website information–websites did NOT exist in your time periods to be used as primary source material!!!!)

Search words to try: APUSH primary sources; APUSH dbq documents; APUS history primary sources; 1776 independence primary source (this works for any time period/topic).

Here are some websites to help in the search:

 http://www.historyteacher.net/APUSH-Course/APUSH_Weblinks-MainPage.htm

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/primary.html

http://www.tdhah.com/site_files/Teacher_Resources/teacher_resources.php

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/tblibrary.htm

http://sun.menloschool.org/~chanson/apush/docs_dox/index.html

Be prepared to answer the following questions in a CLASS DISCUSSION:

1. Define democracy. What are the elements of a democracy? What are examples and non-examples?
2. During the mid- to late-eighteenth century, were the American colonies democratic? If so, how? If not, why not?
3. How were the colonies becoming less equal?

Remember–for a CLASS DISCUSSION to be productive, you must:

• PARTICIPATE,
• Participation must be meaningful–it is not good enough to say “Yeah, that’s right” or “Good comment”–Your comments must add meaning to the conversation,
• RESPECT–everyone deserves to have their say and say it in a safe place–no put downs, no laughter, no side conversations, and
• Listen with an open mind and respond with a respectful attitude.