1. Athens vs. Sparta: The Peloponnesian War Game
Ancient Greece
Athens vs. Sparta: The Peloponnesian War Game

2. Warm-Up
1. True or False – Ancient Greeks believed their world began by gods and mystical beings creating objects and fighting for control of the world.
2. True or False – Myths were created to explain why things occurred.
3. True or False – Ancient Greece’s geography was similar to other civilizations because of its fertile river valley.
4. True or False – the ancient Greeks relied on colonies and trade with them to obtain products they could not produce in the Greek city-states.
5. True or False – Ancient Greece was organized into a huge empire with one central government because of its flat fertile land.
6. True or False – because of Ancient Greece’s location to Persia, the two civilizations often worked together in war.
7. True or False – Greek city-states were able to prevent being conquered by the Persians because of Greece’s mountains and seas.
1. Restroom/Water
2. Copy homework into agenda
3. Place study guide and today’s handout into binder.
4. Loose-leaf paper with heading and title – Ancient Greece Mythology and Geography Review.

3. Lesson
1. Provide at least three ways that Athens and Sparta are similar to each other? Different to each other?
2. Which City-State’s beliefs/laws/ideas do you most agree with? why? Disagree with? Why
3. How did the two city-states differences eventually lead to their downfall?
Today you will focus on the two most powerful city-states of Ancient Greece = Athens and Sparta.

5. Review 1. Answer the questions from the small slip of paper.
2. Use the handout to assist you. The chart has detailed accounts of life in the two city-states.
3. Also, you will need to read the right-side of the handout to find out how Athens and Sparta differences led to their downfall.

6. 1. Compare and Contrast Athens and Sparta.
Government
Democracy – citizens rule
Radom voting, debated laws
Economy
Traded goods
coins
Education
varied courses for citizenship
2 year military
boys
Women
No rights
“House work”
Slaves
Work & treated varied on owner
Government
Oligarchy-small group rule chosen by vote, limited debating
Economy
Farming & stealing
NO TRADE!!!
Iron bars
Education
Warriors, with physical development
Military till 60
Boys & girls
Women
Own and control property
Managed husband’s land
Slaves
Harshly
Randomly killed yearly

7. 4. How did Alexander the Great impact Ancient Greece?
Alexander the Great conquered Greek and spread Greek ideas.
The importance of keeping Greek ideas alive is because it led to the development of western civilization in Europe and America.
Medicine, math, science, etc.

8. Peloponnesian War Game Directions
1. Each team will be asked a questions from the lesson.
2. If the question is correct – they get the chance to “kill the enemy in that space”.
A. If the enemy is there – I will call out “KILL”.
B. If the enemy is not there or if you choose your own people – I will call out “There are no enemy soldiers here at this time”.
3. If the question is not correct – the other team immediately gets the chance to choose a space to “kill the enemy”.
4. The winning team will be the one to kill all enemy forces first.