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MAP week · October 13–16, 2026

HIPP Repair Shop

Materials are available October 13–16. Tuesday, October 13 is the planned first available session, subject to the MAP schedule—not a confirmed completed lesson. If testing replaces class, no additional HIPP work is assigned; posted weekly Homework 01 remains due Monday, October 19. Wednesday, October 14: no class. Monday, October 12: no school.

Making Worlds

HIPP Repair Shop

Our question

How does a source’s origin change what we can responsibly say about the past?

Fieldnote — start here

Read the context and Law 53. Underline one detail about water.

Return & Revise — finish

Complete responses 1–3 in your Fieldbook, or on numbered loose-leaf if your Fieldbook is at school. Do not copy questions or recopy completed answers. Keep the source sheet in your History Folder. If absent, complete the same tasks independently. HIPP classwork: arrange make-up return with either teacher. Homework 01 is separate and due Monday October 19.

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Materials available — teaching day to be confirmed

Printable lesson

Where to write

Write in your Fieldbook. If your Fieldbook is at school, use loose-leaf numbered 1–3. Do not copy the questions or recopy answers you have already completed. Keep the source sheet in your History Folder.

Source · Code of Hammurabi

Royal legal code · Babylonia, Mesopotamia · c. 1754 BCE. L. W. King English translation; selected through New Visions G1.1.D.6.

Hammurabi ruled Babylonia. River farming required managing canals and dams. These laws prescribe rules: they say what should happen. They are not case records showing what actually happened.

English original excerpts. In Law 53, ... marks omitted words.

Law 53

“If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition ... if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he in whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined.”

Law 202

“If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.”

Law 203

“If a free-born man strike the body of another free-born man of equal rank, he shall pay one gold mina.”

Words to know

dam
—
a barrier managing water
corn
—
grain
rank
—
social standing
mina
—
a measure of value
prescribed
—
what a rule says should happen
inference
—
a conclusion from evidence

Repair Shop · Responses 1–3

  1. Test a claim · Law 53

    Test: “The code proves everyone repaired dams and every written penalty was enforced.” Write 2–3 sentences using a specific Law 53 detail, a narrower claim, and a limit.

  2. Repair a claim · Laws 202–203

    Repair: “Everyone in Babylonia received the same punishment.” Compare Laws 202–203. Write 3–4 sentences citing an exact detail, explaining how one HIPP question shapes your reading, and naming a specific limit.

    Choose one useful HIPP question — not a four-box task

    H · Historical context
    What was happening in Babylonia?
    I · Intended audience
    Who might encounter these laws, and what remains uncertain?
    P · Purpose
    Why might a ruler publish laws?
    P · Point of view
    Whose view is represented, and whose is missing?

    Optional rehearsal. Optional starter: “Law 53 prescribes ___. This suggests ___ because ___. It cannot show ___.”

  3. Independent Last Five

    Complete independently and include a law detail: “At first I thought ___. Now I can claim ___ because ___. These laws cannot tell us ___.”

If you were absent

Complete the same tasks independently. Working with a partner is optional. HIPP classwork: arrange make-up return with either Mr. Zarrella or Ms. Spencer. Homework 01 is separate and due Monday, October 19.