Central Question: What was important to King Hammurabi?
Hammurabi Oil Painting, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. From the Library of Congress.
Ancient World History Investigation 2
Students consider the perspective of people in the distant past as they explore Mesopotamia and Hammurabi’s laws. After reading and analyzing a collection of modified sources, students will use evidence and reasoning to critique a museum’s argument about what was important to King Hammurabi.
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Note: The Spanish investigations are from earlier work and do not match other versions of this investigation at this time.
Assessment
Standards Alignment
Literacy in History/Social Studies
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2, 8.4-8.7, 8.10
ELA Reading: Information Text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1-6.2, 6.4-6.10
ELA Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1, 6.4-6.5, 6.7-6.10
ELA Speaking & Listening
CSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1-6.3
Dimension 1: D1.2.6-8.
Dimension 2: D2.Civ.1.6-8., D2.Civ.3.6-8., D2.Civ.6.6-8, D2.Civ.14.6-8., D2.His.1.6-8., D2.His.3.6-8, D2.His.4.6-8., D2.His.5.6-8., D2.His.6.6-8., D2.His.13.6-8, D2.His.16.6-8., D3.1.6-8., D3.2.6-8.
Dimension 3: D3.1.6-8., D3.2.6-8., D3.3.6-8., D3.4.6-8.
Dimension 4: D4.1.6-8., D4.2.6-8, D4.3.6-8., D4.8.6-8.