Another skill that is important to grasp for the introduction of your essays, both LEQ and DBQ, is "Contextualization." Contextualization is when you explain and connect the document(s) to historical events, developments, or processes that are relevant to the time in which the document was written/created. For example, is this occurring in an age of Enlightenment? Revolutions? Centralization? Conflicts? Peace? Unity? Disunity? This is a "broad" idea - not a minute detail. They call this 'situating the argument" when we get to essays, because you're showing you know what's going on, placing the topic at hand in its broader historical situation. if you need more direct instruction - here's a guide: Getting the Contextualization Point So, now go ahead and read the Seven Pillar Edicts as a group. From what you know about Ashoka, and what you know about the Mauryon Dynasty. connect the dots. Provide 2-3 sentences of context, setting up your anlaysis of the Seven Pillar Edicts. ASHOKA'S SEVEN PILLAR EDICTS c. 237 BCE Main Ideas/ Key Points of the Seven Pillar Edicts Context for the Seven Pillar Edicts