1. Global I * Mr. McEntarfer * HSLPS
Athens and Sparta
Global I * Mr. McEntarfer * HSLPS

2. Aim: How can we compare and contrast the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta?
Do Now: How do these two statues differ?

3. Macedonia Greece Asia Minor Aegean Sea Athens Sparta Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Peloponnesian Peninsula

5. Athens's Government direct democracy
people play a direct role in government
adult males became citizens
slaves women and foreigners played no part

6. Sparta’s Government Military Dictatorship/oligarchy
power lies in the hands of a few elite

7. Which statue represents Sparta and which represents Athens? Explain.

8. Athenian Religion Spartan Religion
Polytheistic – Greek gods acted human and intervened with life on Earth.
Spartan Religion
Polytheistic – Greek gods acted human and intervened with life on Earth.

9. How did the Greeks use their religion to explain the world around them?

10. Women
Athenian Women
could own no property except their clothes, jewelry and slaves
confined to homes
must be accompanied by a man outside house
Spartan Women
Could own property and were the head of the house and business. Men were forced into the military at age 7 and were rarely home giving women more freedom and power.

11. Which civilization would you rather live in if you were a woman?

12. Art
Athens: Art was encouraged and desirable Education focused heavily on the arts and Athenians produced much of the great art of the era.
Sparta: Artistic expression was forbidden because it was believed to interfere with military business

14. Education Athens: Girls educated at home 6-7 boys: taught at home
7 to 14: neighborhood school
subjects taught: drama, public speaking, reading, writing, math, science, philosophy and music.
Sparta:
trained for warfare
Began training at age of seven
lived in army barracks most their lives
Respected strength, discipline and equality
forbade luxuries

16. Sports
All Greek city-states met in Olympia to perform in the Olympics. Physical prowess was encouraged and a sign of greatness.

18. Economy Athens: Overseas trade, commerce traded for food
Created overseas colonies
Sparta:
agriculture based
Were against trade namely to prevent cultural diffusion
Slaves called Helots worked the land

19. Why did many Greek city-states rely on trade for food?

20. Slavery
Athens: had slaves who were usually captured in war or just people who owed money.
Sparta: The Spartans enslaved the Helots who were the early settlers of Peloponnesus. They outnumbered the Spartans and fear of them revolting is what encouraged Spartan society to become a military state.

21. How did slavery in Sparta and Athens differ?

22. Essay
Question: Which society would you rather live in: Athens or Sparta? Explain your answer in a paragraph using examples from the class.