1. Warm-up Questions
“Spartan women also received physical training. Like the men, they learned how to run, jump, wrestle, and throw javelins” What conclusion can you draw about Spartan women?
They were like slaves.
They served in the army with the men.
They were strong and healthy.
What was the focus of training for Spartan boys?
At what age could Spartan men retire from the army?

2. Sparta & Athens Fight Chapter 9, Section 1 & 2 Ancient Civilizations
The Greek World
Sparta & Athens Fight
Chapter 9, Section 1 & 2
Ancient Civilizations

3. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can locate key geographical features of Greek civilization on a map.
I can compare the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens.

4. Warm-up Questions
“Spartan women also received physical training. Like the men, they learned how to run, jump, wrestle, and throw javelins.” What conclusion can you draw about Spartan women?
They were like slaves.
They served in the army with the men.
They were strong and healthy.

5. Warm-up Questions What was the focus of training for Spartan boys?
To be soldiers.
At what age could Spartan men retire from the army? 60

6. The Persians Fight Greece
What happened at Thermopylae?
The Spartans brought about 1,400 soldiers to fight the Persians at the Hellespont. They fought them off for three days, but were trapped when the Persians found a route to get behind them. The Spartans stayed and chose to die fighting. The Persians went down fighting. The Persians went on to burn Athens.

7. The Persians Fight Greece
What happened at Salamis?
This was a sea battle in which the Athenians took their navy against Persian’s navy. The smaller Athenian ships outmaneuvered the Persian ships. Many Persian ships were sunk and the Athenian navy won the battle.

8. The Persians Fight Greece
What happened at Plataea?
Soldiers from all over Greece came to fight the Persians and the Persians would be defeated and this brought an end to the Persian Wars.

9. A Military Society
In order to obtain more land, Spartans conquered and enslaved their neighbors, calling them helots.
To control the helots, the Spartans created a strong _____.
military
Boys entered the military at the age of _____.
seven
At the age of _____, men entered the regular army and lived in the barracks for 10 years.
twenty

10. Girls and Women in Sparta
The men would return home at the age of 30, but served in the military until the age of _____. 60
Spartan girls were trained in _____ to become healthy mothers and were freer than other Greek women.
sports

11. Government
The Spartan government contained two branches, a council of elders and an assembly.
Sparta had two ___, but the elected officials held more power. Sparta’s ___ was set up to control the ___ population.
kings / government / helot

12. Boys and Men in Athens Athenians valued ___, ___ ___, and ___.
education / clear thinking / arts
While young ___ had to learn to run, jump, and fight, it was not as harsh as ___.
boys / Sparta
Older ___ only had to serve in the military during times of ___.
men / war

13. Girls and Women in Athens
Most girls did not receive much ___. Only a few with private ___ learned to read and write.
education / tutors
Women could not serve in ___, leave their ___, own ___, or disobey their ___ or ___.
government / homes / property / husbands / fathers

14. Key Terms Review A unit of soldiers who ride horses.
cavalry
A prearranged method of executing a plan of action
strategy

15. Key Terms Review An agreement to work together.
alliance
A war between Sparta and Athens.
Peloponnesian War

16. Key Terms Review Warriors who stood close together in a square.
phalanx
Greek-like
Hellenistic

17. Key Terms Review A series of wars between Persia and Greece.
Persian Wars
Clear and ordered thinking
reason

18. Greek Map Identification Activity

19. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can locate key geographical features of Greek civilization on a map.
I can compare the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens.