DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the day the students are expected to:
A. Identify the Fertile Crescent and Babylonian Civilization
B. Appreciate the Contributions of Babylonian Civilization
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic
FERTILE CRESENT: BABYLONIAN CIVILIZATION
B. Reference
World History and Civilization
Chapter XXII: FERTILE CRESENT pages 209-216
C. Materials
Laptop and Projector
D. Value
Develop a sense of appreciation of what was in history and it’s
implication in the present.
III. PROCEDURES

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

Good morning class! Good morning Ma’am

Okay before we will start our Students praying

lesson let us pray first.

Before you take your seats please Students will follow

arrange your chairs and pick up
those papers and plastics.

Is there anyone who is absent None Ma’am

today?
That is great. So now let’s play first
before we go on to our discuss ion.

Did you know me already? No ma’am

Okay later you’ll know my name Yes Ma’am

through our game. Did you heard
already about word hunting? Or did
you tried to play already?

Okay now let’s play! You will hunt OLIVE

on the screen the following: my ASUNCION
name, surname and where I came AURORA
from.

Yes, I’m Ms. Olive Asuncion aka

Apol, 26 years old from Aurora.

Okay now we can start already our

discussion.

Our lesson for today is about Fertile Crescents

Did you heard already about Fertile No ma’am

Crescent? Anyone?

Okay, for you to know about our

topic, please pay attention to our
discussion because later on we will
have activities.

“At the south-western corner of

Asia lies the valley of the Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers which like
the Nile Valley, was the scene of
Mankind’s triumphant ascent from
barbarism to civilization, known as
Mesopotamia, meaning “Land
between Two rivers” it was also
called the Fertile Crescent because
of its shapes.

So what are the two valleys in “Tigris and Euphrates Ma’am”

south-western corner of Asia?

Correct! Again what is the meaning “Land between Two Rivers

of Mesopotamia? Yes Alvin? Ma’am”

“Very good”

Mesopotamia was divided into two

geographical districts’, The
Babylonia in the south at the mouth
of the Tigris and Euphrates and the
other one is the Assyria in the
north.

“How many districts did ”Two Ma’am

Mesopotamia have? And what are The Babylonia and Assyria”
those?”

Very good! So, there were two “Babylonia and Chaldean

civilizations that occurred in the Civilization”
Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia.
These are ____________?

For now we will tackle first about

Babylonian Civilization.

Let us discover how the

Babylonian Civilization started.

After several centuries, the

Amorites emerged victorious.

Hammurabi (1792-1750BC) the

king of Babylon. Akkad and Sumer
combine into one country which
came to be known as a Babylonia
after the capital city of Babylon.

Who was the King that starts to “King Hammurabi Ma’am”

lead Babylon?

Very good! Hammurabi was an

able statesman as well as a great
conqueror.

How is the Babylonian society

during the time of King
Hammurabi?

When we talk about society, we are Community, family and social

referring to what? Anyone?

Very good Society in ancient Nobles this is compose of king,

Babylonia consisted of three social priest and rich landlords
classes. The first one is _____,
Kylie please read

Thank you! So if you notice that

the only one who belongs to the
Nobles is those who are riches.

The Second Class Is Called The Freemen consists of farmers,

Freemen. Who are they? merchants and artisans.

So the second class can be

categorizes as the middle class.
They are not rich but not so poor
also.

The last social class is _____? The Slaves that compose of poor
people who cannot afford to be a
freeman more so to be a noble.
Note that society during the
Babylonian Civilization has social
stratification. Primarily the basis
for this is wealth and power.

If you remember and notice the

social stratification of Babylonian
Civilization has a similarity in our
own social stratification before.

Who among you can enumerate our Ma’am our social stratification
own social stratification? before are :
Maginoo, Timawa at Alipin

Very good! In the Philippines

social stratification before, the
wealth and power are also the
primary basis to determine what
class you should belong.

May I ask someone in the class, No ma’am, because there might be

would you like to have a social a problem of discrimination.
stratification in the Philippines
today like of Babylonian before?

Very good! For me also it’s a no

because today bullying and
discriminating are a serious
problem already in our society
especially to the millennial and it
might be getting worse the
discrimination we have right now.
The poorer will become the poorest
and the richer will become the
richest.

Just for the reason of avoiding

discrimination, social stratification
should not be observed here in the
Philippines.
Let’s go back to Babylonian.

Farming was their chief industry

and also they are skilled craftsmen.
They carried on commerce with
other nation.

What was the main industry of the Farming ma’am

Babylonian?

Correct! When we talk about No ma’am. It is Agricultural.

farming as means of industry,
therefore society during that time is
classified as? Is it as
manufacturing? Or teaching?

Precisely!

Their invention of the wheel

replaced the clumsy sledged then
they improve the land of
transportation.

The Babylonian writing was called

Cuneiform because of its wedge-
shaped letters.

Okay, so what was the system of Cuneiform ma’am

Babylonian writing?

Yes and what shaped of their Wedge-shaped ma’am

letters?

Let’s proceed to the contribution of

Babylonian Civilization.

The greatest contribution of Code of Hammurabi

Babylonian to civilization was the
famous ______?
Do you have any idea about the No ma’am
Code of Hammurabi?

Code of Hammurabi is, can you Code of Hammurabi is the oldest

read, please? code in History, it consist of 285
laws. It covers numerous subjects.
And it reveals a sense of justice
though many of the penalties for
crime are severe.

The principle of this code is known

as “Mata sa Mata, Ngipin sa
Ngipin”. The general description of
this rule for it is a kind of law.

Anyone can elaborate what is all

about “Mata sa Mata, Ngipin sa
Ngipin” of the Code of
Hammurabi?

So what do you think about the It is very strict ma’am.

Code? How will you describe it?

Definitely it was very strict. As a

matter of fact the law is termed as
“retributive justice” for its
provision.

In the context of our country, Yes ma’am, when those convicted

principles of laws are sometimes are politicians or influential
denied because of money and persons.
power. Yet justice delayed, justice
denied. Will you agree with that?

Another contribution of the They were the first people to devise

Babylonian civilization is in the the 12 zodiac signs which
field of Astrology. astrologers now use in their trade.

Presently, we use the concept of Yes ma’am.

zodiac signs for and to interpret
love life, destiny, future, hobbies
and other things. Do you
experience like that.

The next contribution is The Sexagesimal System of

Calculation that is division by 60.
The hour was divided into 60
minutes and minutes to seconds

The next contribution is one of the The Epic of Gilgamesh

famous masterpiece in literature
known as

This epic was a forerunner of the

story of the Great Flood and Noah
in the Old Testament.

And those were the contributions of

the Babylonian civilization. Can
someone enumerate what are
those?

Yes Patrick, The contributions of the

Babylonian civilization are:
1. Wheel
2. Code of Hammurabi
3. Astrology
4. Sexagesimal system
5. The Epic of
Gilgamesh
Excellent! Thank you.

Now get one fourth sheet of paper Preparing the students.

and we will have a short quiz with
a twist. And we will call this as
Minute to Answer it. I will just give
only 6 items but it will consider as
10 points.
IV. EVALUATION
1. What is Mesopotamia?
2. Who is the King of Babylon?
3. What social class consists of farmers, merchants and artisans?
4. What is the Babylonian writing?
5. One of the famous master piece in literature
6-10. Enumerate the Contribution of Babylonian Civilization
V. ASSIGNMENT
In a one half sheet of paper create a reflective paragraph about the
impacts of Babylonian Civilization to the present society.

Prepared by:
Olive U. Asuncion
Applicant Teacher
Major in Social Science