2.  Are laws meant to punish or reward?  Are laws meant to protect? Who?  What if instead of taking off points when you don’t do your homework, I added points when you did?  Should illegal immigrants in the US be protected with our laws?

3.  Do we need laws?  Would your behavior be good if you knew that you wouldn’t be punished?

4.  Page 5 in handout  Simply stated laws (282 total)  Clear punishments  Read 6 laws from handout  What can you infer about lives of people from higher classes?  Thought to be of greater value  Do you believe that knowing the severity of the punishments might prevent people from breaking the law?

5.  Look at #195-200 from packet  Is “an eye for an eye” or “a life for a life” a good or poor basis for laws?

6.  5 questions

7.  US Constitution & Code of Hammurabi  Purpose of each?  Based on equality?  Cruel or unusual punishments?  Could they be changed?  Written by who?

8.  What can you conclude about Hammurabi’s Code of Laws? What did they accomplish?  Improved order, behavior and conduct.  Single uniform code of laws would help unify diverse groups within his empire.  Did try to protect the powerless (including women and slaves)

9.  Link Link  Natgeo Link (4 min) Natgeo Link