STAGE 1

Ancient Sparta
KU1
KU2

Ancient Studies

RA1

RA2

Core themes:

Understanding of various
aspects of Ancient Spartan
society
Being able to use artefacts as
historical evidence

WEEK 10 LESSON 2

C1

C2

What makes this a good topic?

Made popular by the 2006

movie 300
Very different culture compared
to other Greek city states

Overview:
Ancient Sparta was a unique Greek city state or puplis that was very military
focused. The also had a governing system of 2 kings and made use of slaves.
Sparta also gave women quite a bit of freedom and power compared to
Athenian counterparts. The following topic will attempt to provide a broad
overview of the ancient city, dispel myths created by the 2006 film and offer
insights into the finer points of their culture.
Student Outcomes:

Through the use of ICT, build an

Edmodo resource page that will
aid them in future assessment
tasks.
Have a greater understanding
of Ancient Spartan culture

Resources Used/Required
Internet Access
Edmodo:
Group Name: Year 11 Ancient Studies
Group Code: pfwzqq

Focus Questions:

Who were the Spartans?

What made them different?
What role did Women play?

Activities:
Part 1: Re-cap
What are some of the things the
students can remember from last
lesson?

Part 2: Edmodo Log in and explanation

Set up for Quiz and
Students are to log on to Edmodo
documentary
and into the class page. There they
will find a quiz that goes a long with
the documentary that also has a link
on the page.
Students are to answer the
questions on the accompanying quiz
Part 3: Spartan Life Cycle Game
Explain the game and play With the knowledge gained from the
video and also gained through the
game, students are able to advance
through the years in hopes that
they make it be a 30
Students start their lives just past
the point where they are inspected
as infants.
As students progress through the 3
age brackets:
Ages 0 - 6 - Herodotus
Ages 7 17 - Plutarch
Ages 20 29 - Xenophon
The game is to run for 30 mins 1
minute for 1 year
During each of the age brackets, the
students are given a different
primary source.
The length of the source getting
longer as the game goes on.
Questions will then be asked at the
of
0 6: 5 mins of reading then 1
minute of quiz

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