Geography & Ancient History: Hammurabi's Code -- "Any Eye For An Eye"
By Geography and Math Made Easy
"AN EYE FOR AN EYE" (LITERATURE CIRCLE ACTIVITY + DETAILED TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS + GROUP COOPERATION + PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITY) A fun cooperative learning lesson that will address, "What does the code tell us about Babylonia society?" and "How was the enforcement of the code a means of unifying Hammurabi's empire?" (This lesson includes a PDF and Word document in case the instructor wishes to modify for culturally sensitive issues. Note the Word version format may look out of sorts as we may not have the same version of Word. It may need to be reformatted with your version of Word.) The lesson includes the following: ° Introduction ° Detailed instruction for the teacher ° Fun literature circle activity ° Introduction to lesson ° "An Eye For An Eye" Student Packet ° Problem Solving Activity with follow-up discussion. (Creating laws based on various situations) ° Printable T-Chart ° Closure/Evaluation cards Will require access to the Internet and other resources for researching current-day state laws, timers, & dice. Please note that links often change. If you find this happens. please type in the title of the video in a search engine or on YouTube; it should be easy to locate via the new link. Unfortunately, there is no way around this issue. In this case, you can do a search on how to find state laws.
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