Getting Started

1.Reminder:

Due Wednesday, December 16

Read pp 148-151

2.Take out your Social Studies notebook and copy the following on the next line in your Table of Contents:

12/14 Hammurabi’s Code 54-55

Students will study a primary source to gain insight into life in the

Babylonian Empire by discussing Hammurabi’s Code.

Success Criteria

I can read Hammurabi’s Code and make inferences about the people of Babylonia through discussion.

Vocabulary

Hammurabi’s Code - a set of laws that lay out rules for the people that lived in the Babylonian empire.

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Excerpts From Hammurabi’s Code of

LawClose Reading, Excerpts From Hammurabi’s Code of Law

Number paragraphs

Read Excerpts From Hammurabi’s Code of Law

Annotate Excerpts From Hammurabi’s Code of Law

Circle the words that will help you answer the focus question. Reread the passage by going back and writing the key words down in the margin.

What was life like for the people in Babylonia?

Popcorn Discussion

One person poses a question.

If you have a point to make regarding the question, you can just “pop up” and speak.

Whenever you speak up, be sure to start by clearly stating your claim.

To be convincing it’s important to support the claim you’ve made with evidence.

When speaking up be sure to link what you say to something that someone else has already said.

Popcorn DiscussionWhat are some aspects of Babylonian life that were governed by Hammurabi’s laws?

What are some of the specific crimes mentioned in Hammurabi’s Code of Laws?

What are some of the specific punishments mentioned in the Code?

In what ways did Hammurabi’s Code protect the rights of Babylonian citizens?

In what ways did Hammurabi’s laws address the differences in social classes in Babylonian society?

Which of the laws do you think were the MOST fair and reasonable? Explain.

Which laws do you think were the MOST unfair and unreasonable? Explain.

Success Criteria

I can read Hammurabi’s Code and make inferences about the people of Babylonia through discussion.

Exit Ticket

Write three facts

about the people

who lived in the

Babylonian empire.