Transcript Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece
Social Organization
The Social Structure
in Ancient Greece
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Matching Activity:
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If you were to organize the following members of
society, where would you put them on a social
pyramid?
Athens
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Merchants
Slaves
Citizens
Farmers
Immigrants
Craftspeople
Wives and Children of
Citizens
Sparta
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Slaves
Citizens
Immigrants
Wives and Children of
Citizens
Athens versus Sparta
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Using your textbook, pages 169 and 170,
copy down the social pyramids.
Defining the Social Organization
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Activity Sheet
Family Life
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The Pottery shows many scenes of family life.
Mothers raised children.
Grandfathers often helped, and had close
relationships with grandsons.
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Naming Ceremony: boys often named after grandfathers.
Festivals show the importance of children
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Presentation of newborn
From infancy to toddler
Comparison Chart
Athens
Sparta
Similarities: Education & Women
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Differences (Education & Women)
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Education: Athenian
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Offered only to boys
Costly (wealthy classes)
Began at the age of 7
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Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
Physical Education (boxing, wrestling, pancreation)
Cultural Studies (Music lessons)
Education: Spartan
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Offered only to boys
Arts were “unnecessary and superfluous”
Solely trained for military
Newborns inspected for weakness
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Defects were left outside to die of exposure (infanticide).
Sometimes, slaves saved and raised them.
Children were raised naked (exposed to elements), taught not
to whimper, to be obedient, and to endure pain without
complaint.
Began at age 7
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Went to barracks.
Went barefoot, wore only one garment, and slept on reeds.
Running, wrestling, laws of Sparta and poems of Homer.
Spartans, at 18
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Lived alone for 2 years
Had to survive solely by their wits
Marriage
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Arranged marriages
Family of the bride had to provide a dowry
On the wedding day, the bride and groom
had separate feasts and only met in the
evening.
When the wife was brought to the
husband’s home, family threw nuts on them
to symbolize prosperity for the new couple
Women: Athens
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Property of father or husband
Her possessions belonged to
father/husband
Were responsible for household affairs
Lived in separate quarters
Did not eat or socialize with men
Could not appear in public alone
Women: Sparta
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Could own property
Took part in athletic competitions
Endured cold and hardship to develop
strength and endurance to become a
mother of a great warrior
Were responsible for household affairs