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Detailed Lesson Plan World History

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. Define the Code of Hammurabi.
b. Explain and Analyze the Hammurabi’s Code of Laws and importance.
c. Compare Hammurabi’s code of laws with the laws we have in today’s Society.

II. Subject Matter

Topic : The Code of Hammurabi

Reference :World Civilization Chapter 2 section 1
Pages : 33-34
Materials : Visual Aid (Power Point Presentation)
Values : Cooperation and Appreciation

III. Procedure:

A. Preliminary Activities
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
a. Prayer

“Let us all stand may I call Jamie to (The students stand for a prayer.)
lead the prayer.” “Let us all be reminded that we
are all in the presence of the Lord as we
say, In the name of the Father and of the
son and of the Holy spirit. Amen. All
together the Lord’s prayer.”
b. Greetings

“Good morning class!” “Good morning Ms. Marvida!”

“You may now take your seats.” “Thank you Ma’am!”

“Before we start, kindly pick up the

pieces of papers under your chairs and “Yes Ma’am!”
please arrange also your chairs and make
sure that you’re on your seats.”

“Class monitor, may I know who is absent “None Ma’am.”

today?”
 “How are you today class?” “We’re fine Ma’am.”

B. Developmental Activities
a. Motivation

“Okay, that’s good to hear. Before we start

with our lesson, let me show you some
images that will aid us in our lesson
today.”

(Shows them a set of images)

“Do you know who this is?” “Not sure Ma’am, but I think that’s
King Hammurabi.”

“Very good.”

“How about this one. Do you know “No, Ma’am.”

what this is”

“It’s the place where King

Hammurabi lives.”

“And this one?” “I know that one it’s the code of

Hammurabi.” Ma’am.”

“Correct.”

“Now, the images that I’ve shown to

you are the hint of our new topic for today.”

b. Presentation of the Topic

“Okay, today we will tackle about The

Code of Hammurabi.”

“ We’ll, let us discover how did the code of

Hammurabi started”

“After several centuries of strife, the

Amorites emerged victorious. Hammurabi
(1948-1905BC), Amorite King of Babylon,
combine Akkad and Sumer into one
country which came to known as
Babylonia after capital city of Babylon.”

“Okay, who was the King that starts to lead

Babylon?” Okay, Philip. “King Hammurabi, Ma’am.”

“Very Good Philip!”

“Hammurabi was an able statesman

as well as great conqueror and because of
his reign Babylonian Empire reached its
peak from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C. The
Hammurabi’s most enduring legacy is the
code of laws that he put it together.”

“Understood class?” “Yes Ma’am.”

c. Discussion

“What is This Hammurabi’s Code of “I think code of Hammurabi is a set of

Laws?” Yes Christian. laws that people obey to make peace
and order”

“Very good ”

“Okay class, this Hammurabi’s Code was

carved onto a massive, finger-shaped
“Yes, Ma’am”
black stone stele as what I present earlier.
Right?

“ Okay now please read everyone” “Hammurabi’s Code of Laws”

“Hammurabi’s law code
prescribed punishments ranging from
fines to death. Often the punishments
were based on the social class of the
victim.”

“Okay Here are some examples of the

laws:

8.
If a man has stolen an ox, a sheep, a pig,
or a boat that belonged to a temple or
palace, he shall repay thirty times its cost.
If it belonged to a private citizen, he shall
repay ten times. If the thief cannot pay, he
shall be put to death.

142.
If a woman hates her husband and says to
him “You cannot be with me,” the
authorities in her district will investigate the
case. If she has been chaste and without
fault, even though her husband has
neglected or belittled her, she will be held
innocent and may return to her father’s
house.

143.
If the woman is at fault, she shall be
thrown into the river.
 196.
If a man put out the eye of another man,
his eye shall be put out.

198.
If he puts out the eye of freed man or
break the bone of a free man, he shall pay
one gold mine.

199.
If he put out the eye of a man’s slave, or
break the bone of a man’s slave, he shall
pay one-half of its value.

CODE OF HAMMURABI, adapted from a

translation by L. W. King.

“Okay I have a question class, why might “answer may vary”

the punishment for the crimes be based on
social class?”

“Bear in mind class the punishments

for the crimes are based on social
class because a wealthy person killed a
slave, they would just have to pay
a penalty if a slave killed another slave
the punishment was a death sentence. It
has been implemented in Hammurabi's
Code. And there’s nothing they can do
about that.”
“Yes, Ma’am”
“Did you understand?”

“By the way class, the laws were

numbered between 1 to 282 specific laws,
however 13 was omitted because the
Babylonian believed 13 was an evil
number.”

“And also those specific laws dealing with

everything that affected the community,
including family relations, business
conduct, and crime. Since many people
were merchants, traders, or farmers, for
example, many of the laws related to
property issues.”

“Okay class, what are those areas of

life did Hammurabi’s Code cover?” “It basically covered everything in
family, business, crime, property issues,
and protection of women and children
from unfair treatment”

“Yes, very good”

“Did you know class? The Code of

Hammurabi includes many harsh
punishments, sometimes demanding the
removal of the guilty party’s tongue,
hands, breasts, eye or ear. But the code is
also one of the earliest examples of an
accused person being considered innocent
until proven guilty.”

“Another question class, why laws are “Laws are important to us to protect our
important?” general safety, and ensure our rights as
citizens against abuses by other people,
“Okay Yes Anna” by organizations, and by the
government itself.”

“Very good Anna”

“The Code of Hammurabi was also much “Yes Ma’am.”

simpler than today's legal systems.” Did u
agree class? 

“No, Ma’am.”
“Are there any questions?

D. Application

“So I have here a poster board.”

“What I want you to do is I will be divided
you into 3 groups and create a Classroom
Code based on your rules. Each group
take a topic (homework, behavior, etc) and
list your rules on a piece of poster board.
Review the code as a class and talk about
any similarities to Hammurabi’s. And why
do they think that those rules are still the
same?”

“I will give you 5 minutes. After 5

minutes, each group will come forward to
present”

“Did you understand the instructions, “Yes Ma’am.”

class?” (Everyone will follow the teacher’s
instructions.)

(The students will do the task)

“Well done.”

E. Generalizations

“Let us see if you really understand

the lesson. “
 “Mr. Gomez. Summarize what you
have learned for today’s lesson.”
“King Hammurabi was a great
conqueror and he put together The
Code of Hammurabi to prescribed
punishments ranging from fines to
death. Often the punishments were
based on the social class of the victim.
Also the laws were numbered between
1 to 282 specific laws, however 13 was
omitted because the Babylonian
believed 13 was an evil number. Lastly
the Code of Hammurabi Is basically
covered everything in family, business,
crime, property issues, and protection of
women and children from unfair
treatment.”

“Very good! Let’s give him a round of

applause.”

IV. Evaluation.

In a ½ sheet of paper answer this following questions:

1. What can we learn about Old Babylonian society from Hammurabi's Code?

2. How has Hammurabi's Code influenced subsequent codes of law?

3. To what extent does Hammurabi's Code still influence how we create and enforce
laws?

V. Assignment

Create a graphic organizer about the 282 laws of Code of Hammurabi in a creative
way.
To guide you in creating the graphic organizer, here is the criteria:

Creativity- 15
Organization- 15
Neatness- 5
35 pts.