Athens and Sparta compared: government, daily life, education and values

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   What four sources say about children

   Source	What it says (in our words)
   Getty Museum, Coming of Age in Ancient Greece	most girls in Greece stayed at home and learned household work; wealthy boys were taught reading, writing, music, dance and sports; poor boys helped their fathers and learned that work
   PBS, The Greeks (Lesson 1)	Spartan boys were taken from their parents at age 7 for training; Athenian girls were kept at home with little formal schooling
   British Museum, Everyday Life teacher notes	in Sparta, women were expected to exercise to be fit to have children; writers' accounts of women may differ from how women really lived
   National Geographic Education, Sparta	Spartan boys left home at age 7 for the agoge and lived with others their age

   Below the chart: each row sums up one source in our words, not as a quotation.

2. 1.

   Which source says Spartan women were expected to exercise, Bo asks?

   • PBS, The Greeks
   • National Geographic Education
   • Getty Museum
   • British Museum teacher notes
3. 2.

   According to the PBS row, how were Athenian girls raised, Esme asks?

   • Taken from their parents at age 7
   • Expected to exercise to have children
   • Taught to read, write and sing
   • Kept at home, with little schooling
4. 3.

   Which two sources agree that Spartan boys left home at age 7, Kira asks?

   • Getty and National Geographic
   • Getty and the British Museum
   • PBS and National Geographic
   • PBS and the British Museum
5. 4.

   Which two sources both say girls mostly stayed at home, Luz asks?

   • The British Museum and National Geographic
   • Getty and PBS
   • Getty and the British Museum
   • PBS and National Geographic
6. 5.

   The British Museum notes say writers' accounts of women may differ from real life. What should Milo do with a writer's claim that women never left home?

   • Treat it as one writer's view
   • Accept it because the writer was Greek
   • Throw out the writers' accounts
   • Accept it as proven fact

7. Ages in the sources

   Fact	Age	Source
   Spartan boys leave home for training	7	PBS; National Geographic
   Spartan men's lives belong to the city until	30	PBS
   Athenian girls marry	about 15	Getty
   Their husbands are usually about	30	Getty
   Many Athenian boys are in school	from about 5 to 14	PBS
   Boys of wealthier Athenian families are in school	from about 5 to 18	PBS

   Below the chart: ages are approximate, and sources differ on some of them.

8. 6.

   A Spartan boy left home at 7, and his life belonged to the city until 30. How many years is that, Noah asks?

   • 230 years
   • 22 years
   • 37 years
   • 23 years
9. 7.

   An Athenian girl married at about 15 a man of about 30. About how much older was the husband, Pia asks?

   • About 15 years
   • About 30 years
   • About 5 years
   • About 45 years
10. 8.

    How many more years of school did boys of wealthier Athenian families get than many boys, ages 18 against 14, Ren asks?

    • About 9 more years
    • About 13 more years
    • About 4 more years
    • About 32 more years

11. What four sources say about children

    Source	What it says (in our words)
    Getty Museum, Coming of Age in Ancient Greece	most girls in Greece stayed at home and learned household work; wealthy boys were taught reading, writing, music, dance and sports; poor boys helped their fathers and learned that work
    PBS, The Greeks (Lesson 1)	Spartan boys were taken from their parents at age 7 for training; Athenian girls were kept at home with little formal schooling
    British Museum, Everyday Life teacher notes	in Sparta, women were expected to exercise to be fit to have children; writers' accounts of women may differ from how women really lived
    National Geographic Education, Sparta	Spartan boys left home at age 7 for the agoge and lived with others their age

    Below the chart: each row sums up one source in our words, not as a quotation.

12. 9.

    Tala's note says, "All Greek girls went to school with the boys." Which fix is right?

    • Change girls to boys
    • Leave it: the Getty row says so too
    • Change it: most learned at home
    • Change Greek to Spartan
13. 10.

    Ari's note says, "The British Museum notes prove that Spartan women were equal to men." Which fix is right?

    • Change women to boys
    • Leave it: the notes name Sparta and women
    • Change it: they say women exercised
    • Change British Museum to Getty Museum