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Should 1st graders be required to know about the Code of Hammurabi? (Common Core)
Engageny.org ^ | July 31, 2013 | Me

Posted on 07/31/2013 9:31:04 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: 1stgraders; atheist; christ; commoncore; education; god; hammurabi; jesus; melchizedek; originalintent
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To: Yosemitest

Keep believing that LIE if you want.

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And likewise, please feel free to continue spouting other’s opionions as your facts.


101 posted on 08/01/2013 12:02:57 PM PDT by dmz
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To: Yosemitest

The Code of Hammurabi has nothing to do with Islam and was a big influence on the U.S. Constitution.


102 posted on 08/02/2013 2:22:36 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges
I disagree about Islam.
I'm not convinced about the Constitution.
The Constitution gets its roots from the Bible, because the Founders who drew it up, designed it from the Bible.
103 posted on 08/02/2013 3:11:12 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Kip Russell

First graders should be taught to learn, to think, and to begin to reason.

If learning about the Code of Hammurabi furthers these ends, I’m all for it.

Since Common Core’s purpose is to promote slavish devotion to authority, I doubt that the use of the Code of Hammurabi as part of it’s design will do any good.


104 posted on 08/02/2013 3:14:38 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Kip Russell

Why not? 1st graders know a lot of things that aren’t so, and about cartoons, so why not teach them about truth?


105 posted on 08/02/2013 3:16:02 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Yosemitest

The three biggest influences on the U.S. Constitution are the Code of H, the Magna Carta and English common law.


106 posted on 08/02/2013 4:22:16 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

“Code of H”, I don’t buy that B.S.


107 posted on 08/02/2013 4:24:33 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

Nonetheless it’s true. It’s one of the earliest known documents that limits the power of a government.


108 posted on 08/02/2013 4:35:31 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges
No!
It's not>
It's just another LIBERAL LIE !
You real should read "Original Intent" and learn from the original sources, and NOT the liberals.
109 posted on 08/02/2013 5:52:24 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

The text of H is readily available and it certainly does limit the power of government. That’s a fact.


110 posted on 08/03/2013 5:30:49 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges
Which came first, it or God's Law from Exodus 20 through Exodus 24?
What does documented history say? From another source.
God's Law came first and the Code of Hammurabi came later and was derived FROM God's Law.
111 posted on 08/03/2013 8:24:30 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

There’s no mention of God in the Constitution. The notion that it’s a religious document is simply false.


112 posted on 08/03/2013 8:35:55 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Yosemitest

Oh and you have the wrong date for H there. He lived around 1750 BC which predates the date generally given for the Exodus. The Bible was probably influenced by the Code of H.


113 posted on 08/03/2013 8:39:23 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Kip Russell
Our homeschool “common core”:

***Scripture study every day.
***Go to the library, and over a span of 5 years, read every book in the children's section.

114 posted on 08/03/2013 8:46:19 AM PDT by wintertime
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To: Borges
WRONG!

I've linked to sources above that refute that.
115 posted on 08/03/2013 9:38:31 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Borges
The Declaration of Independence can't be denied ... and it mentions God at the very HEART and START of our fonding!
116 posted on 08/03/2013 9:43:49 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Borges
You real should study more before you stick your foot in your mouth.


117 posted on 08/03/2013 10:20:42 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

The fact that state Constitutions have it is not relevant. The Federal Constitution was designed the way it was precisely to limit the power of the Fed in religious matters and let states decide for themselves - and they did. The DOI has no legal standing whatsoever.

If you Google the word Hammurabi you can clearly see the date given.


118 posted on 08/03/2013 2:27:40 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges
Yeah, you can Google liars from everywhere.
My linked sources stand and are backed by remains from that time frame.
God's Law came first.
119 posted on 08/03/2013 2:31:52 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

Placemark.


120 posted on 08/03/2013 2:56:02 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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