[Scott Craig]

I found this article very fascinating. It's interesting to see the various crimes and their punishments. As the father of a child who was born with birth defects I was saddened to see that the law against killing a child did not apply to killing "a deformed or abnormal newborn." Although that belief is consistent with many other civilizations ancient and modern. 

I also found it interesting that in certain cases a person could obtain the release of a family member and that commoners could have their slaves, horse, or ox work off the debt for them. 

This would be a fun article to use in comparing legal systems. Compare this with Hammurabi's code, or other legal systems.

[Scott Craig]

Thank you for sharing those links. I love the explanation of the Terracotta Warriors. That would be great to show students and then have a slide show of the real terracotta warriors. I also love the other articles. In history we are always challenged to make connections between the past and the present. Those articles are great examples of doing just that. Thank yo.

[Scott Craig]

I found this article very interesting. In the past, when I've studied filial piety the emphasis has been on the son or person of lower status to obey and be respectful of the person who is in a higher status. What I really liked about this article is that it also emphasized the importance of the person who is of the higher status to treat those under them with kindness and respect. It repeatedly emphasized the importance to love one another. It warns that Lords and ministers need to be respectful of the subordinates and not give them cause to complain or rebel. 

[Scott Craig]

I really enjoyed reading these stories. They teach a lot about respect and the emphasis on filial piety. I think it would be interesting to have my US History students read these and discuss the moral lessons taught by the stories. Then have them create a cartoon series that demonstrates values from various periods in U.S. History. Examples could include abolitionist views, suffrage views, arguments for prohibition, etc. It could be used to have students view people's values and ideals in just about any period of US History.

[Scott Craig]

I thought this article was really interesting. It shows some of the issues surrounding immigration. With immigration being a big issue in America today this would be a good article for students to read and then do a compare and contrast of some of the problems with immigration in America and Korea. It would be interesting to see students' views on the school for brides and if we had something like that for immigrants in America would that help immigrants be more accepted her.

 

[Scott Craig]

I've enjoyed reading the other introductions. I feel like the outsider because I am a high school history teacher. I have been teaching high school social studies for 27 years. I am currently teaching U.S. History and AP US History at Sylmar High School. This is my sixth year at Sylmar, previously I taught for 19 years in Las Vegas and 2 years in Utah. A few years ago I took the summer seminar on East Asia literature and I really enjoyed it. I'm very excited to take this course and get to know all of you.

 

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