Athens and Sparta compared: government, daily life, education and values
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer.
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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.
Which source says Spartan women were expected to exercise, Bo asks?
- British Museum teacher notes
- National Geographic Education
- PBS, The Greeks
- Getty Museum
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
- Kept at home, with little schooling
- Taught to read, write and sing
What did boys from poor families learn, by the Getty row, Jun asks?
- Training from age 7
- To read, write and sing
- To spin and weave at home
- Their fathers' work
Which two sources agree that Spartan boys left home at age 7, Kira asks?
- PBS and the British Museum
- PBS and National Geographic
- Getty and National Geographic
- Getty and the British Museum
Which two sources both say girls mostly stayed at home, Luz asks?
- Getty and PBS
- PBS and National Geographic
- The British Museum and National Geographic
- Getty and the British Museum
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?
- Accept it as proven fact
- Treat it as one writer's view
- Accept it because the writer was Greek
- Throw out the writers' accounts
Below the chart: ages are approximate, and sources differ on some of them. 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
- 37 years
- 23 years
- 22 years
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.
Tala's note says, "All Greek girls went to school with the boys." Which fix is right?
- Change girls to boys
- Change it: most learned at home
- Change Greek to Spartan
- Leave it: the Getty row says so too
Zee's note says, "Spartan boys left home at age 17." Which fix is right?
- Change left home to married
- Change 17 to 7
- Change Spartan to Athenian
- Leave it: 17 is in the chart
Ari's note says, "The British Museum notes prove that Spartan women were equal to men." Which fix is right?
- Change British Museum to Getty Museum
- Change it: they say women exercised
- Change women to boys
- Leave it: the notes name Sparta and women