Transcript Athens v. Sparta

Athens v. Sparta
Goal: Analyze the differences between culture in an
ancient Greek democracy versus an ancient Greek
oligarchy.
Essential questions: What is democracy? What is
totalitarianism? What is the lifestyle in both
societies?
Bellringer:
Democracy or Totalitarianism?
Sparta
 Totalitarian Government
 Uses force to govern the people
 3 groups of people:
 Helots (slaves  90% of the population)
 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.
Spartan contributions
 Military legacy with an emphasis on glory (think 300)
 Developed advanced military tactics & training
 Nothing really left standing from Ancient Sparta today
Spartan soldiers in a phalynx formation 
Athens
 Direct 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
Athenian social life
 All males of age were eligible to participate in government &
considered equal
 There was still a divide between rich & poor
 Athenians had slaves
 Women were not supposed to leave the house or be seen in
public life
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
Athenian contributions
 Art: developed beautiful sculptures & frescoes that are still
admired today
 Architecture: built the Acropolis, one of the most popular
tourist destinations in the world
 Philosophy: the world’s most read philosophers were
Athenian (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
 Government: left us the idea of democracy
Quote Analysis
 Read the quotes with your partner and answer the following
questions on your handout:
What city-state, Athens or Sparta, influenced these quotes?
2. Why did your group answer the way that you did?
1.
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
 This chart compares Spartan and Athenian government
 This is more information for us to know! 
Primary Sources!
 We are going to look at a description of Spartan life from an
ancient Greek author.
 Your assignment? Rewrite his description of Spartan life for a
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald news story!
 This means you have to put everything in this account IN
YOUR OWN WORDS 
Writing Assignment/Exit ticket!
 We talked about Athens and Sparta today. Now it’s your turn
to choose which one you want to be a part of! So pick either
Athens or Sparta and answer the question below in at
LEAST half a page. Use complete sentences and proper
grammar.
 Describe your life as an Athenian or Spartan citizen
during the Golden Age of Greece. Why did you
choose to be an Athenian or a Spartan?
 Be sure to include at least THREE aspects of Spartan or Athenian life
that we discussed today.
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.”