86 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 4B | The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Image Card 4
(Code of
Hammurabi)Image Card 6
(Nebuchadnezzar)Ancient Times
Present Day- Show students Image Card 6 (Nebuchadnezzar). Explain to
students that this is a picture of King Nebuchadnezzar—the
king of Babylon whom Ili talked about in today’s read-aloud.
King Nebuchadnezzar lived over one thousand years after King
Hammurabi. Point to different places on the timeline, and ask
whether you should put the image card there. Make a vertical
line a short distance to the right of the Code of Hammurabi in
Ancient Times, and attach Image Card 6. Explain to students
that the read-aloud they heard today took place in ancient times,
but it was a thousand years after Hammurabi lived. - Give each student an index card, and ask him/her to draw a
picture or write a word or phrase describing Mesopotamia. Have
students share their cards and then place them on the timeline
either closer to King Hammurabi or King Nebuchadnezzar,
depending on what they have drawn or written.
Early World Civilizations Comparison Chart (Instructional
Master 4B-1) 20 minutes- Review with students the term cradle of civilization, and remind
them that this phrase means a place where civilization fi rst
began. Using Image Cards 1–6 as prompts, have students name
the fi ve components of a civilization: farming, leaders and laws,
writing, religion, and cities.