Lesson Planning
Learn about how the Code of Ur-Nammu was developed. Explore how laws are necessary for a community and produce a set of laws that can be used.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand the Ancient Sumerian set of laws and appreciate the necessity of laws.
- To work in a group to establish a set of ‘laws’ for a new society in Ancient Sumerian times. Discuss their ideas with the rest of the class and draw up an agreed set of ‘laws’.
Children will:
- Define a law and understand how important it is for society to have a set of laws that everyone lives by
- Describe the Code of Ur-Nammu
- Create a class set of ‘laws’ for a new society in Ancient Sumerian times