1. All you will need is a pencil and a refreshed mind 
Athens & Sparta
All you will need is a pencil and a refreshed mind 

2. What do you already know?

3. Learning Targets
I can compare and contrast Athens and Sparta and analyze how geography affected both by taking notes and engaging in a discussion.
I can engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions about Athens and Sparta and build on others’ ideas while expressing my own clearly. (CCSS.SL.6.1)

4. Vocabulary Cross-cultural: Between or among different cultures.
Citizen: A legally recognized subject.
Economy: The way a community/region organizes the manufacture and exchange of money, food, products, and services
Barracks: Buildings used to house soldiers.
Freedom: Unrestricted use or action.

5. 27.2 Comparing Two City-States
Athens
Four miles from the Aegean Sea
Developed strong relationships with other city-states
Trade made Athens large and powerful
Art and culture important = artists and thinkers

6. How far is 4 miles?

7. 27.3 Athenian ____________
Circa 500 BCE became a democracy
Citizen: Free man over the age of 18 and born in Athens

8. 27.3 Athenian ____________
Council of 500
Assembly
Met everyday
500 names were drawn to select the council
Ran day-to-day government business and suggested new laws
Met every 10 days on a hill
6,000 citizens necessary to attend in order to hold a meeting
Approved laws
Debated issues

9. 27.3 Athenian is….
Government

10. 27.4 Athenian __________ Traded with other city-states & foreign lands
Italy – wood
Egypt – grain
Athens – honey, olive oil, silver, painted pottery
Surrounding land did not provide everything people needed so they needed to trade
Coins used to make trade easier: made from gold silver, and bronze

11. 27.4 Athenian __________ Agora: Athenian marketplace Food
Household items
Art
Slaves

12. 27.4 Athenian is….
Economy

13. 27.5 _________ in Athens Purpose of education: producing good citizens
Good citizen = sharp mind + healthy body
Boys & girls educated differently – WHY?

14. 27.5 __________ in Athens Illiterate
Boys
Girls
Physical training + academics
Until age 6 homeschooled
Age 6-14 attended school
Reading, writing, arithmetic, literature, music
Sports
Age 18 military training
Illiterate
Taught to cook, clean, spin thread, and weave cloth
Married around age 15

15. 27.5 _________ in Athens is….
Education

16. 27.6 _________ & ________ in Athens
Women could not be citizens.
Women could not…
Inherit or own much property
Vote or attend the Assembly
Leave the house by themselves
Few women had jobs
selling goods at the agora
priestesses

17. 27.6 _________ & ________ in Athens
Slaves were born into slavery OR captured in wars
Variety of jobs
Unluckiest slaves worked in the silver mines

18. 27.6 _________ & ________ in Athens
Women & Slaves

19. 27.2 Comparing Two City-States
Sparta
More isolated
Suspicious of outsiders and their ideas
Grew much of what they needed…
Strength & simplicity important = soldiers

20. 27.2 Comparing Two City-States

21. 27.7 – Sparta
History Alive
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