Should 1st graders be required to know about the Code of Hammurabi? (Common Core)

Engageny.org ^ | July 31, 2013 | Me

[Kip Russell]

I'll be the first to criticize public education for not being challenging enough and simply passing kids on to the next grade without teaching them anything...but is this too much for first graders?

Here's a partial list of what 6 year olds will allegedly be able to do after completing this lesson plan:

2. Explain the importance of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the use of canals to support farming and the development of the city of Babylon

4. Identify cuneiform as the system of writing used in Mesopotamia

6. Explain the significance of the Code of Hammurabi

9. Explain the significance of gods/goddesses, ziggurats, temples, and priests in Mesopotamia;

12. Describe how a civilization evolves and changes over time

21. Identify Hatshepsut as a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and explain her significance as pharaoh

26. Define monotheism as the belief in one God

34. Explain that, according to an important story in the Torah, Moses received the Ten Commandments from God and that the Ten Commandments are rules that tell people how to behave or live their lives

41. Identify that Christians believe Jesus to be the Messiah and the son of God

47. Identify the Qur’an as the holy book of Islam, containing laws for daily living and many stories that appear in Jewish and Christian holy books

[Yosemitest]

You don't get it and you never will.
It's connected and it's a the EVIL root of ISLAM.

[Tax-chick]

Very prickly animals, dragons. Even a greyhound is cuddlier!

[Yosemitest]

Keep believing that LIE if you want.

[Yosemitest]

You obviously did NOT watch that link in comment #43.

[discostu]

I get it just fine, Hammurabi has NOTHING to do with Islam. The writers practiced a different religion, couldn’t even practice Islam if they wanted to (which they also couldn’t) since it wouldn’t exist for 2300 years.

[Yosemitest]

Keep lying to yourself.
The roots are there for those who are not blinded.

[discostu]

Which rules in the Code came from Islam:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/ham/

[Yosemitest]

Go find it yourself.
I want nothing to do with the EVILS of ISLAM.

The term Sharia simply means Islamic law.
Sharia is derived from the Koran and other Islamic holy works and precendents.
Some Muslims view Sharia as the body of Islamic law established in the past, especially before the 19th century.
How a time time can be set on law has no basic in the Koran and seems difficult to justify intellectually.
As a result, other Islamic scholars view Sharia as a changing body without any set chronological limits.

It goes way back, beyond Islamic law and/or Middle Eastern law (3000 BC to 1000 BC) and any high school student of the 60s or 70s knows that.

I guess today's government schools have really descended into HELL!

[discostu]

You’re the one making the claims, you need to prove them. I did half the work for you, I provided the Code of Hammurabi, now which parts of it come from Islam? You’re the one that insists a document from 1772 BC is tainted by a religion that came up 2300 years later, PROVE IT.

[Yosemitest]

I already have, but some people are just too dense to see it.

[discostu]

No you haven’t. All you do is shout. Which items in the Code come from Islam? I gave you a link to the code, find one (1) that comes from Islam. It should be easy if things are as you claim. Go ahead.

[Yosemitest]

Go away child.
There are plenty of links I've already give you.
Go play games with someone else who is as dense as you.

[discostu]

None of your links prove what you’re saying. The best you’ve got is that Islamic law built on the Code. Problem with that of course is that since the Code came out of the cradle of civilization pretty much ALL laws (including our very own Constitution) owe some of their origin to it.

The more you insult the more you show you’re wrong. People with facts don’t need insults.

[agrarianlady]

I know. It was a waste of 18 years for me, too, except for a good typing class and a great 12th grade English teacher. In elementary school they diagnosed me as “gifted,” so I was sent to another room where we played computer games. That eventually led to me getting a job after college. So at least there’s one bright spot.

This is the reason my three kids homeschool. We try not to waste their time.

We certainly did learn about the Code of Hammurabi. ;-) We love history here.

[dalereed]

I never heard of any of that and don’t know why anyone should!!!

[Kip Russell]

I never heard of any of that and don’t know why anyone should!!!

I must be missing a joke...surely you're not serious?

[steve86]

I read about that stuff in my girl’s middle school world history text recently. It was quite interesting. Not sure if I forget it the first time or it is truly new to me.

[dalereed]

“I must be missing a joke...surely you’re not serious? “

They never taught any of that stuff 60-70 years ago when I was in school.

[Kip Russell]

They never taught any of that stuff 60-70 years ago when I was in school.

You said you'd "never heard of any of that". You've never heard of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Babylon, cuneiform, Mesopotamia, Hammurabi, ziggurats, ancient Egypt, monotheism, Moses, Jesus, and the Qur'an?

Then you said, "and don’t know why anyone should!!!" Really? You don't think anyone should know anything about any of those subjects?

[dalereed]

The rivers i’ve heard of the rest of it no and as far as religion I canned that for hot rods and drag racing when I was 8 years old.