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Here are the teacher pack items for The Development of Language and Law:
Overview In this experience, students learn about the foundational contributions of Mesopotamia and nearby Phoenicia to Western law and language. They read, interpret, and discuss parts of Hammurabi’s code. Then, they follow developments in writing from pictograms to cuneiform to the alphabet. Students will work together in small groups in scene 4. Objectives
Look at these letters! Yes, right here in this sentence! Isn’t it amazing that these signs can mean anything from a recipe for donuts to the origin of the universe?
In this experience, you will learn how the ancient Mesopotamians and their neighbors made important developments in law and writing, including inventing the alphabet.
Objectives
Sumerian Pictographs, c. 3500 B.C.E.
Look at the written signs in the image above.
What do you see in the photo? To list more than one idea, separate your ideas with a comma, like this: Rome, Paris
The explanation accompanying the photograph of pictographs in Wikipedia Commons says:
Which way of writing do you think you would prefer, pictographs or the alphabet? Why?
Discuss student responses.
