Bell Ringer Take out your vocabulary and clear

Bell Ringer • Take out your vocabulary and clear your non-social studies books off your desk • If a nation only had one option, to either train all of its citizens to become great warriors, or educate all of its citizens to become great learners, which do you think it should choose and why? • Answer in complete sentences with reasons for your answer

Life in Athens and Sparta

Overview

Sparta Authoritarian rule is a political system where power is concentrated in the hands of a very few people. The Greek philosopher Aristotle described Sparta this way; as "a kind of unlimited and perpetual generalship. . . " Within Sparta there existed three groups: 1) slaves, known as Helots, 2) Spartan females, who were taught to be fit and patriotic, and 3) Spartan males, who were trained to become warriors. None of these groups enjoyed a great deal of freedom. At the age of seven, boys were forced from home to live in barracks a receive military training from older boys. The Helots slaved to provide the necessary food and labor for Sparta. While women enjoyed some freedom relative to other Greek citystates, overall, free-will was very limited in Spartan society and control was often harsh and ruthless

Athens

• We are going to look at 2 quotes. You will read the quote and choose the line or sentence that shows either Spartan or Athenian values. • Write the line or sentence down in your notebook • Explain why you think the quote is important – connect it to the values of the city you chose • Take a guess as to which historical figure said it • Then we repeat for the second quote

Quote # 1 “The fundamental theme through all the centuries has been the principle that force and power are the determining factors. All development is struggle. Only force rules. Force is the first law. . Only through struggle have countries and the world become great. If one should ask whether this struggle is gruesome, then the only answer could be—for the weak, yes, for humanity as a whole, no. Instead of everlasting struggle, the world preaches cowardly, and everlasting peace. These three things, considered in the light of their ultimate consequences, are the causes of the downfall of all humanity. ”

Quote #2 “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain undeniable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the people over whom they govern. ”

• Next, using the textbook and the information we started with, you are going to make a pros and cons list of the government and way of life in Sparta and in Athens. • We will use the list for the last part of the activity.

Pros of Sparta Pros of Athens Cons of Sparta Cons of Athens

Pros of Sparta Pros of Athens -well organized -democracy Cons of Sparta Cons of Athens -abandoned sick children -not all people equal -strong -good government -all treated equally -helots did all the work -age 7 – military training -few freedoms -no education -slavery -all citizens are equal -education -Golden Age -abolished slavery -more freedoms -tyrants -women not citizens -no formal education for girls -peasants, merchants, and artisans resented

Television Commercial Script • Sparta and Athens are in a struggle to become the most powerful city. • Create an appealing, informative television commercial to lure all other Greeks to organize under either an Athenian or Spartan model of rule. • Choose which one you think is better and use the pros from task #2 (as well as the cons from the opposing model) to create your commercial. • Your commercial must: • Be persuasive • Have a least 6 facts (a combination of pros of your model and cons of the other model) • Explain why military strength is better than educational development (Sparta) OR why educational development is better than military strength (Athens)