I had an email exchange with a student earlier today that illustrates how this class is different.
The student wrote: I have a quick question. On the timeline one test, question 14 asks, "What is the significance of the reign of Hammurabi in the Babylonian Empire?" I put Code of Hammurabi, but it was counted wrong. Was the correct answer that the code showed emergence of class and gender inequality?
Thanks,
I wrote back: Yes, exactly. The Code is sort of, "way to go Captain Obvious". It's the "so what" that counts. In this case, demonstrating class and gender inequality is the "so what". You could have also gone with something like, it was one of the earliest known systems of codified law applied to all citizens. That's true too, and significant.
The student wrote: I have a quick question. On the timeline one test, question 14 asks, "What is the significance of the reign of Hammurabi in the Babylonian Empire?" I put Code of Hammurabi, but it was counted wrong. Was the correct answer that the code showed emergence of class and gender inequality?
Thanks,
I wrote back: Yes, exactly. The Code is sort of, "way to go Captain Obvious". It's the "so what" that counts. In this case, demonstrating class and gender inequality is the "so what". You could have also gone with something like, it was one of the earliest known systems of codified law applied to all citizens. That's true too, and significant.
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