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★ Inquiry DBQ Series · Grade 6 · #9

Ashoka's Change of Heart DBQ

Did Emperor Ashoka really change after the Kalinga War?

Did Emperor Ashoka really change after the Kalinga War? Students analyze five of his edicts and outside evidence, then argue.

Grade 6Development of Civilizations 3500 BCE–600 CEGoogle Slides3 class periods

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What's included

  • Student DBQ packet: hook, background reading, Documents A–F with analysis questions, evidence organizer, bucketing and outline pages, C-E-R essay and 4-point rubric
  • Scaffolded version with shorter excerpts, plain-words versions and sentence starters
  • Teacher presentation with speaker notes, plus a teacher guide with standards, pacing, answer key and a sample essay

The documents

  • Document A: Rock Edict XIII: regret for Kalinga
  • Document B: Rock Edict XIII: a warning to the forest tribes
  • Document C: Kalinga Edict: "All men are my children"
  • Document D: Rock Edict XII: respect for all religions
  • Document E: Pillar Edict VII: trees, wells, and rest-houses
  • Document F: What historians know (chart)

Documents A–E: Ashoka's edicts, trans. Vincent A. Smith, Asoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India (1901), public domain; obvious scanning errors corrected. Document F: teacher-made chart from standard histories.

Good to know

Class time
3 class periods
Format
Editable Google Slides
Answer key
Included

Standards: KAS Grade 6: 6.C.CP.2, 6.H.CH.2, 6.H.CO.1, 6.I.UE.1, 6.I.UE.2, 6.I.CC.1

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