Transcript Athens vs. Sparta - ENC-Social-Studies-CLC

ATHENS VS. SPARTA
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AGENDA
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Background info: Sparta
Background info: Athens
Analyzing quotes
Comparing Athens/Sparta Handout
Writing assignment! :)
SPARTA
• Totalitarian Government
• Uses force to govern the people
• 3 groups of people:
• Helots (slaves)
• Spartan women (educated, active in community life)
• Spartan men (ALL trained to be warriors)
SPARTA
• Spartan life
• Children judged at birth (weakness = death)
• Age 7 = formal education at the agoge. Boys
went shoeless, wore minimal clothing, and
learned how to be a proper Spartan soldier.
• Girls were trained to be physically fit as well
• Men married at the age of 20 but still had to live in
the barracks
• Helots worked all their lives as Spartan slaves.
• Did not value education in arts or philosophy.
ATHENS
• Democracy
• Government by the people
• All citizens (adult males only) were equal before the
law
• Every citizen had the ability to participate in and
vote for the government
ATHENS
• Athenian life
• Males educated in war and academics, and encouraged
to develop art and architecture
• Women not allowed to be educated or participate in
politics
• Slaves not considered citizens
• Great achievements in philosophy, art, and architecture
QUOTE ANALYSIS
• Read the quotes with your groups and answer the
following questions in your group:
• What city-state, Athens or Sparta, influenced these quotes?
• Why did your group answer the way that you did?
QUOTE ANALYSIS
• Whole class discussion
• Quote number 1
• Speech of Adolf Hitler, 1926
• The government of Nazi Germany had its roots in
Spartan beliefs
• Quote number 2
• From the Declaration of Independence of the
U.S.A.
• United States government and ideals influenced
by the Athenian democracy
• Why is this important to us today???
COMPARING ATHENS AND SPARTA
• More information for us to know! :)
WRITING ASSIGNMENT/EXIT
TICKET!
• Choose whether you want to describe Athenian or
Spartan life
• Write 2 - 3 proper paragraphs describing your life as
a citizen of one of the two city-states
WRITING TOOLS
• Paragraphs
• 5 - 8 sentences long
• Topic sentences!
• Complete sentences: subject, verb, and clause
• Example:
• “If I was a Spartan, my day would start at 5 am in the
agoge. The first thing we do is learn how to fight like men.”