Life in Two City-States: Athens and Sparta

Describe the geography of this city-state.

​Αθήνα

Describe the geography of this city-state.

​Σπάρτη

Poll

Do you think that this city-

state was a farming or a trading community?

• farming

• trading

Poll

Do you think that this city-

state was a farming or a trading community?

• farming

• trading

Using the details in the illustrations to help you, try to predict what other differences might have existed between these two city-states.

Athens was located just miles from the sea, and its economy was based on trade.

​Αθήνα

Sparta was located on a narrow plain, surrounded on three sides by mountains. Its economy depended on farming.

​Σπάρτη

In this lesson you will learn more about how life differed between Athens and Sparta

​Read: Introduction

​Read Section 1: Comparing two City-States.

Draw

Circle on the state city-state of Athens in blue.

Draw a circle around the city-state of Sparta in red.

Dropdown

Athens was located in ​

Select answer

Greece,

only four miles from the ​

Select answer

Sea.

Dropdown

Sparta was located on a narrow plain in the part of Greece known as the

Select answer

. It was surrounded on three sides by​

Select answer

and was about 25 miles from the sea.

Handout A & Notebook pgs.

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​Assign Sections to pairs

​Title

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​Section Question

​Section Number

​Section Title

​10-15 Min.
Students Read Section and Complete Handout

Read your assigned section with your partner

​Handout Placards

​Placard Template

Student Notebook

​section question

​metopes

​Section Title

10 Min.

Turn your placard in when you have completed it.

​Day 2 Complete Stations

Categorize

Options (9)

democracy

relied on trade

valued art and culture

fewer rights for women

city-state of ancient Greece

oligarchy

relied on farming and conquest

valued strength and military skills

more rights for women

Let’s compare and contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta.

Athens

Both

Sparta

Match

Match the following

• a city-state of ancient Greece, known for its

  military oligarchy

• also known as the

  birthplace of Western civilization;

• a peninsula forming the southern part of the

  mainland of Greece

• a small group of Spartans who made all the

  important governing decisions

• a marketplace in ancient Greece

Sparta

Athens

Peloponnesus

Council of Elders

agora

• Sparta

• Athens

• Peloponnesus

• Council of Elders

• agora