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?
- National Geographic Education
- PBS, The Greeks
- Getty Museum
- British Museum teacher notes
According to the PBS row, how were Athenian girls raised, Esme asks?
- Taught to read, write and sing
- Kept at home, with little schooling
- Expected to exercise to have children
- Taken from their parents at age 7
What did boys from poor families learn, by the Getty row, Jun asks?
- To read, write and sing
- To spin and weave at home
- Their fathers' work
- Training from age 7
Which two sources both say girls mostly stayed at home, Luz asks?
- PBS and National Geographic
- Getty and PBS
- 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 because the writer was Greek
- Accept it as proven fact
- Throw out the writers' accounts
- Treat it as one writer's view
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.
A Spartan boy left home at 7, and his life belonged to the city until 30. How many years is that, Noah asks?
- 23 years
- 230 years
- 22 years
- 37 years
An Athenian girl married at about 15 a man of about 30. About how much older was the husband, Pia asks?
- About 45 years
- About 15 years
- About 5 years
- About 30 years
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
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.
Zee's note says, "Spartan boys left home at age 17." Which fix is right?
- Change left home to married
- Leave it: 17 is in the chart
- Change Spartan to Athenian
- Change 17 to 7
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
- Leave it: the notes name Sparta and women
- Change it: they say women exercised
- Change women to boys