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?
- PBS, The Greeks
- British Museum teacher notes
- Getty Museum
- National Geographic Education
According to the PBS row, how were Athenian girls raised, Esme asks?
- Expected to exercise to have children
- Taught to read, write and sing
- Taken from their parents at age 7
- Kept at home, with little schooling
What did boys from poor families learn, by the Getty row, Jun asks?
- To spin and weave at home
- Training from age 7
- To read, write and sing
- Their fathers' work
Which two sources agree that Spartan boys left home at age 7, Kira asks?
- PBS and National Geographic
- PBS and the British Museum
- Getty and National Geographic
- Getty and the British Museum
Which two sources both say girls mostly stayed at home, Luz asks?
- PBS and National Geographic
- Getty and the British Museum
- Getty and PBS
- The British Museum and National Geographic
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
- Treat it as one writer's view
- Accept it as proven fact
- Throw out the writers' accounts
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?
- 37 years
- 23 years
- 22 years
- 230 years
How many more years of school did boys of wealthier Athenian families get than many boys, ages 18 against 14, Ren asks?
- About 32 more years
- About 4 more years
- About 9 more years
- About 13 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.
Tala's note says, "All Greek girls went to school with the boys." Which fix is right?
- Change Greek to Spartan
- Change girls to boys
- Change it: most learned at home
- 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
- Leave it: 17 is in the chart
- Change Spartan to Athenian
