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Interview assignment
Interview Hammurabi: How Did His Laws Shape Ancient Mesopotamia?
With Hammurabi
Grade 6Community
A ready-made interview for Grade 6, shared by a teacher on Humy. Students question an AI Hammurabi in a live chat. Humy grades the conversation against the rubric below.
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Interview Hammurabi: How Did His Laws Shape Ancient Mesopotamia?
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Hello, I'm Hammurabi. I'm ready for your interview. What's your first question?
The assignment
Who decides what is fair when neighbors disagree? Today, communities use laws to settle problems. Nearly 4,000 years ago, Hammurabi ruled Babylon and had laws written down for his kingdom.
Your mission: Interview Hammurabi to discover how his laws shaped life in ancient Mesopotamia—and whose idea of fairness they reflected.
Hammurabi was king of Babylon, a city in Mesopotamia. His written laws addressed trade, family life, and harm done to others. This votive monument to Hammurabi also offers a clue about how kings connected their rule to the gods.
Source: Votive monument to Hammurabi, British Museum—evidence of the king’s devotion to the gods.
Ask open-ended questions. Follow up by asking who benefited from a law and who might have disagreed. Compare Hammurabi’s answers with clues from the monument and what you know about laws today. Remember: an AI interview is a reconstruction, not a firsthand source.
When you are ready, select the start assignment button to begin your AI-powered interview with Hammurabi.
Rubric
Students see this rubric before they start. Humy scores the conversation against it and writes feedback for each criterion.
Grade 6 · Maximum score: 16 points
Score the student’s interview choices—not the AI Hammurabi’s answers. Each criterion earns only its listed point values.
1. Open-Ended Historical Questions
- Exemplary · 4 points: Asks several open-ended questions about laws across trade, family, and harm.
- Proficient · 3 points: Asks open-ended questions about laws in more than one setting.
- Developing · 2 points: Asks some relevant questions, but most invite brief answers.
- Beginning · 0 points: Asks no relevant questions about Hammurabi’s laws.
2. Live Interview and Claim-Checking
- Exemplary · 4 points: Sustains many turns, follows recent answers, and corroborates or respectfully challenges claims.
- Proficient · 3 points: Builds several follow-ups on answers and checks at least one claim.
- Developing · 2 points: Responds to an answer but rarely probes or checks claims.
- Beginning · 0 points: Pastes questions without engaging answers or checking claims.
3. Fairness and Different Perspectives
- Exemplary · 4 points: Follows up on beneficiaries and dissenters, probing whose fairness the laws reflected.
- Proficient · 3 points: Asks who benefited and who might have disagreed.
- Developing · 2 points: Asks about fairness but overlooks beneficiaries or dissenters.
- Beginning · 0 points: Does not investigate fairness or differing viewpoints.
4. Monument, Modern Laws, and Source Awareness
- Exemplary · 4 points: Compares monument clues and today’s laws with claims; identifies AI reconstruction.
- Proficient · 3 points: Uses monument clues and today’s laws; recognizes AI is not firsthand.
- Developing · 2 points: Makes one comparison but treats the AI’s account uncritically.
- Beginning · 0 points: Makes no comparisons or distinction between AI and firsthand evidence.
Final score: Add the four criterion scores for a total out of 16 points. Empty submissions earn 0 points.
The historical figure in this assignment
Meet the AI Hammurabi
Hammurabi
Babylonian king known for his code of laws.
Students talk to an AI version of Hammurabi, grounded in a curated biography and selected historical sources. As with any AI, students should check important claims.
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Jacob Chisom
World and American History, Monticello High School, Arkansas
Been using Humy in his classroom since 2024
“My students say it’s a welcome change of pace. I’m not a fan of the “sage on the stage” model, so I try to incorporate research-oriented and self-paced activities. With Humy, students have to take charge of their learning. They’ve become more adept at critical thinking, forming better questions, and improving their reading comprehension. The interview feature has been my go-to tool. I create assignments where students must ask historical figures a set number of questions, then summarize the responses to ensure they’re truly absorbing the material. This approach lets them actively explore the past rather than passively consuming information.”
Roger Campbell
7th-grade World History, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Been using Humy in his classroom since 2024
“Humy has helped me bring historical figures, sometimes long past, to life. When my students interact with these figures in real-time, it eliminates some of the perceived “ancient” characteristics of my curriculum. This has shifted my students’ thinking away from viewing history as abstract or irrelevant. Real-time interactions make historical figures relatable, even allowing students to ask off-topic questions that help put historical lives in a more relevant context for 13-year-olds. The feature I use the most is the interview feature. After teaching a topic, most recently Gandhi and Joan of Arc, I have the students ask pointed, focused questions. We practice good conversation techniques beforehand, teaching them to listen (or read) carefully and formulate thoughtful follow-up questions rather than just interrogating. It helps students practice effective conversation skills.”
Dr. Michael Calvert
Assistant Superintendent, South Allegheny School District, Pennsylvania
Been using Humy in his district since 2024
“We enjoyed the program last year and used it frequently.”
Jacob Chisom
World and American History, Monticello High School, Arkansas
Been using Humy in his classroom since 2024
“My students say it’s a welcome change of pace. I’m not a fan of the “sage on the stage” model, so I try to incorporate research-oriented and self-paced activities. With Humy, students have to take charge of their learning. They’ve become more adept at critical thinking, forming better questions, and improving their reading comprehension. The interview feature has been my go-to tool. I create assignments where students must ask historical figures a set number of questions, then summarize the responses to ensure they’re truly absorbing the material. This approach lets them actively explore the past rather than passively consuming information.”
Roger Campbell
7th-grade World History, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Been using Humy in his classroom since 2024
“Humy has helped me bring historical figures, sometimes long past, to life. When my students interact with these figures in real-time, it eliminates some of the perceived “ancient” characteristics of my curriculum. This has shifted my students’ thinking away from viewing history as abstract or irrelevant. Real-time interactions make historical figures relatable, even allowing students to ask off-topic questions that help put historical lives in a more relevant context for 13-year-olds. The feature I use the most is the interview feature. After teaching a topic, most recently Gandhi and Joan of Arc, I have the students ask pointed, focused questions. We practice good conversation techniques beforehand, teaching them to listen (or read) carefully and formulate thoughtful follow-up questions rather than just interrogating. It helps students practice effective conversation skills.”
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