To make it easier for you guys and gals to find, I've placed the powerpoints here. Also, on some of them you will see repeats, this is because I would make a big slideshow for you and if we didn't get to all of it, I would do it the following week. (For the video, if you click on the YouTube link in the top, it will take you to the YouTube page for that video.)
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Our World for the Next Semester
Week 1
We need to do some note taking today. Please bring a notepad or some paper.
Going forward we will have some readings and class discussions and LOTS of writing! |
Week 2
Nothing beats writing your own notes, but sometimes these tables (on the right) can be handy.
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Week 3
For honor!
Build a cardboard shield.
- Round with an upside-down “V” on it.
- Try and make it as big as you can, 2-3 feet?
Week 4
We'll be talking about Spartan education.
Here is your question of the week (due next Wednesday):
Based on the roles of women in Athens and Sparta, compare and contrast the education of girls in each state. And here is the powerpoint to refer to:
I will post the documents for the 8-9 graders in a little bit.
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Lycurgus
Lycurgus (Greek: Λυκοῦργος) (c. 820–730 BC?) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms were directed towards the three Spartan virtues: equality (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity.
He is referred to by ancient historians and philosophers Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch and Epictetus.
Ancient historians place him in the first half of the 8th century BC.
Below is an excerpt from one of the "Rhetas" or "laws" attributed to him.
8th & 9th Graders, you will need to reference it in your papers. Everyone else may read it for fun!
By Plutarch (courtesy of http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/lycurgus.html)
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In order to the good education of their youth (which, as I said before, he thought the most important and noblest work of a lawgiver), he went so far back as to take into consideration their very conception and birth, by regulating their marriages. For Aristotle is wrong in saying, that, after he had tried all ways to reduce the women to more modesty and sobriety, he was at last forced to leave them as they were, because that in the absence of their husbands, who spent the best part of their lives in the wars, their wives, whom they were obliged to leave absolute mistresses at home, took great liberties and assumed the superiority; and were treated with overmuch respect and called by the title of lady or queen. The truth is, he took in their case, also, all the care that was possible; he ordered the maidens to exercise themselves with wrestling, running, throwing, the quoit, and casting the dart, to the end that the fruit they conceived might, in strong and healthy bodies, take firmer root and find better growth, and withal that they, with this greater vigor, might be the more able to undergo the pains of child-bearing.
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It taught them simplicity and a care for good health, and gave them some taste of higher feelings, admitted as they thus were to the field of noble action and glory. Hence it was natural for them to think and speak as Gorgo, for example, the wife of Leonidas, is said to have done, when some foreign lady, as it would seem, told her that the women of Lacedaemon were the only women in the world who could rule men; "With good reason," she said, "for we are the only women who bring forth men."
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Lycurgus (Greek: Λυκοῦργος) (c. 820–730 BC?) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms were directed towards the three Spartan virtues: equality (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity.
He is referred to by ancient historians and philosophers Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch and Epictetus.
Ancient historians place him in the first half of the 8th century BC.
Below is an excerpt from one of the "Rhetas" or "laws" attributed to him.
8th & 9th Graders, you will need to reference it in your papers. Everyone else may read it for fun!
By Plutarch (courtesy of http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/lycurgus.html)
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In order to the good education of their youth (which, as I said before, he thought the most important and noblest work of a lawgiver), he went so far back as to take into consideration their very conception and birth, by regulating their marriages. For Aristotle is wrong in saying, that, after he had tried all ways to reduce the women to more modesty and sobriety, he was at last forced to leave them as they were, because that in the absence of their husbands, who spent the best part of their lives in the wars, their wives, whom they were obliged to leave absolute mistresses at home, took great liberties and assumed the superiority; and were treated with overmuch respect and called by the title of lady or queen. The truth is, he took in their case, also, all the care that was possible; he ordered the maidens to exercise themselves with wrestling, running, throwing, the quoit, and casting the dart, to the end that the fruit they conceived might, in strong and healthy bodies, take firmer root and find better growth, and withal that they, with this greater vigor, might be the more able to undergo the pains of child-bearing.
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It taught them simplicity and a care for good health, and gave them some taste of higher feelings, admitted as they thus were to the field of noble action and glory. Hence it was natural for them to think and speak as Gorgo, for example, the wife of Leonidas, is said to have done, when some foreign lady, as it would seem, told her that the women of Lacedaemon were the only women in the world who could rule men; "With good reason," she said, "for we are the only women who bring forth men."
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Remember, in Athens...
Becoming a housewife was the expected role of Classical Athenian women. After marrying and having children, the woman were in charge of all household duties. The duties of a household wife depended on whether or not the household was rich or poor. In a rich household, the wife would distribute jobs to the slaves working both inside and outside of the house. Housewives not only were responsible for the slaves; they also had the task of training the household workers. The wives were expected to care for anyone in the household who became sick, and if a family member died, the housewife would be in charge of visiting the tomb regularly to present offerings.
In poor households, the wife had many more duties, as poor households had no slaves to assist with the work. Additional duties for a poor housewife would include shopping for food, making the family's clothing, and retrieving water. A poor housewife would be likely to acquire a job to assist with the finances of the household. These jobs could include acting as a midwife or small-time market trader.
Housewives were kept in seclusion. They were not allowed to mingle with men in any setting. A housewife was not allowed to answer the door of her home or even be in the same room as male guests who visited. The houses' rooms also separated males and females. The wives, daughters, and female slaves lived upstairs, in rooms that were away from the windows and streets.
In poor households, the wife had many more duties, as poor households had no slaves to assist with the work. Additional duties for a poor housewife would include shopping for food, making the family's clothing, and retrieving water. A poor housewife would be likely to acquire a job to assist with the finances of the household. These jobs could include acting as a midwife or small-time market trader.
Housewives were kept in seclusion. They were not allowed to mingle with men in any setting. A housewife was not allowed to answer the door of her home or even be in the same room as male guests who visited. The houses' rooms also separated males and females. The wives, daughters, and female slaves lived upstairs, in rooms that were away from the windows and streets.
Week 5
The 1st Persian Invasion!
NIKE!
NIKE!
Week 6
Here is the pre-quiz I forgot to give you (because Science ran long):
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And here is the video we watched:
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Week 7
END OF EXAM 2
Week 9
Continue to read the excerpt from Pericles' Funeral Oration. We will break down what each paragraph means in class.
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Week 10
Here is the reading we didn't get to:
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