Students will be able to...

1. determine how Hammurabi’s Code still influences how we create and enforce laws

2. analyze primary source documents

• SS Binder

• Chromebook

• Hammurabi's Present Day Influence Handout (given in class)

• Code of Hammurabi Edpuzzle (posted in Classroom)

Complete the Hammurabi's Code Present Day Influences handout as a group. Everyone must complete their own paper.

The ancient King of Babylon, Hammurabi, created a set of laws known as the "Code of Hammurabi" to rule his vast empire. Learn more about him and his code of law via the "Code of Law" Edpuzzle posted on Classroom.