Today in Mr. Schick’s class, we learned about King Hammurabi and how he was the first ruler of Babylon to create a set of laws for the people.  These laws were called “Hammurabi’s Code”.  Here are three of his laws:

Law #22.  If anyone is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.

I think that if someone gets caught for a robbery that they shouldn't die, they should just be punished a less extreme way.

Law #14. If a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death.

If a man steels a child that is not his that is obviously not right and is something you should be punished for.  Although, I don’t think they should die for it.

Law #129. If a man's wife be caught lying with another, they shall be strangled and cast into the water. If the wife's husband would save his wife, the king can save his servant. 

I think that if a women cheats on her husband, she shouldn't get strangled and then thrown into the water.  She should get punished in a way that doesn't kill her.  Also, if the husband tries to stop them from killing her he shouldn't have to serve the king, he should just get held back by the guards.  

Today in Mr. Schick’s class we learned about Western Civilization.  The Western World is Europe and The America’s.  Pre-history is the time period before people started writing down information.  History is when people started writing down information about what was going on around them.  The earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age also known as the Old Stone Age.  This is the time when they would use stones and wood to hunt for their food.  The Neolithic Age is the New Stone Age.  This is when the people started to develop more advanced tools for hunting and other major events.   When people migrated, they migrated towards food and animals.  Agricultural Revolution has to do with farming.  People were assigned different jobs and had different skills.  If you had a skill in hunting, you were the hunter, and so on.  If you were a hunter you were seen as powerful like a hierarchy.  People were able to take care of children and population grew.  Men took care of the hard and dirty jobs and women took care of little less important jobs.  The wheel and plow played a very important role in how population grew.  It improved crops and provided a lot more food than what they were providing before.    

First West Civ Class 2014

Today in Mr. Schick's class, we went over the rules and the blog.  I am so excited to have a new teacher and a new class.  I have a lot of friends in my class like Claire Pika, Hanna Frey, and Caroline Barwick, so the class should be fun.  I am new to Mr. Schick’s class so I am not really familiar with the blogs.  I know that you do one every night and that it is usually about the notes that you take in class.  Eventually I will get used to it though.  Having this blog for homework every night is kind of nice and exciting for me because I like to write.  I also think it is easier to write notes in the notebook rather than on the computer like Mr. Schick said.   It is easier to study and there is a better chance of you losing your notes on your laptop than in a notebook.  I am anxious to start the second trimester off with a new teacher and a new class.