Recreate Hammurabi’s Babylon in Comics
Overview
In this assignment, students are asked to look at the Code of Hammurabi and use comics to visually represent information from the Code. Students create a storyboard using their understanding of the Code and write a reflection paper summarizing their observations about Babylonian society.
Attachments
The attachment for this resource is a set of guideline's for an assignment where students use Hammurabi's Code to recreate a view of Babylonian society in a comic.
About This Resource
The sample assignment included here was submitted by a participant in a one-day workshop entitled, "Hot Topics in World History" for world history teachers hosted by the Alliance for Learning in World History. This was a draft document that may subsequently have been revised in light of feedback and discussion during the event.
This resource was contributed by Dr. Cynthia Parayil, Raritan Valley Community College.