Inca Station Activity

Directions: Read the following information and choose a crime from the numbered options below. Create a poem with a minimum of 5 lines confessing your crime to share with the class. When you finish your poem, have a group member proofread before turning in the final copy.

Crime and Punishment:There was almost no crime in the Inca Empire. Inca laws were very harsh. Punishment was swift.

  1. If you insulted the Inca, cursed the gods, or committed a murder, you were thrown off a cliff.
  2. If you were caught stealing or cheating, you either had your hands and feet cut off.
  3. There were lesser punishments. You could be stoned. You could be tied to a wall and left to freeze.

If you lived through your punishment, you were classified as a criminal, and you became a ward of the state. The state took care of you. They clothed and fed you. In the Inca Empire, everybody had a job. Your job as a criminal was to tell others about your crime. That was your job for the rest of your life.

Example:Your paper must have crime committed and poem.

Crime: If you were caught stealing or cheating,

you either had your hands and feet cut off.

Inca Station Activity

Directions: Read the following information and choose a crime from the numbered options below. Create a poem with a minimum of 5 lines confessing your crime to share with the class. When you finish your poem, have a group member proofread before turning in the final copy.

Crime and Punishment:There was almost no crime in the Inca Empire. Inca laws were very harsh. Punishment was swift.

  1. If you insulted the Inca, cursed the gods, or committed a murder, you were thrown off a cliff.
  2. If you were caught stealing or cheating, you either had your hands and feet cut off.
  3. There were lesser punishments. You could be stoned. You could be tied to a wall and left to freeze.

If you lived through your punishment, you were classified as a criminal, and you became a ward of the state. The state took care of you. They clothed and fed you. In the Inca Empire, everybody had a job. Your job as a criminal was to tell others about your crime. That was your job for the rest of your life.

Example:Your paper must have crime committed and poem.

Crime: If you were caught stealing or cheating,

you either had your hands and feet cut off.