ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Read SOURCE2 . Explain how the hardships Spartan boys had to endure would have helped them to develop obedience and perseverance. 7. Look carefully at SOURCE3 and examine the labels. Then answer the following questions. a. Recall what Spartan boys did to keep ýt and increase their mental strength. b. Would Spartan army camps have been easy targets for an enemy? Explain . c. Discuss why the way Spartans lived might have reduced the inþuence of the family and beneýted the Spartan state. d. Describe what an approaching phalanx of Spartan soldiers would look like. Why might it frighten their enemies? 8. Read SOURCES4 and 5 and analyse them by answering the following questions. a. What information about Spartan treatment of helots does each source provide? b. Who wrote each source and around when would they have been written? c. How useful is each source as evidence for this topic? d. What more would you need to know about each of the authors to judge the reliability of these two sources? EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 9. Do SOURCES4 and 5 provide complementary evidence or conþicting evidence for the Spartans’ treatment of the helots? Justify your answer. 10. Using the sources and other information in this lesson, explain how Sparta’s enslavement of the helots changed everyday life in Spartan society after 650 BCE. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
LESSON 4.7 What was life like in Athens?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to: • identify the signiýcant features of Athenian society • describe how the lives of men and women were different when Athens was very powerful.
Tune in SOURCE1 shows a bride being escorted to the home of her new husband after a wedding feast at her parents’ home.
SOURCE1 A painting from a small Greek pottery box
1. Consider why the bride shown in SOURCE 1 would be escorted by so many people. 2. Based on what you’ve learned so far, do you think she would have had any choice about the marriage? 3. Do you think she might want to þee, knowing what life was like for Athenian women? How would you feel in that situation?
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