This week, we’ve been learning all about the Athenians and the Spartans!
These are two of the city states of Ancient Greece. Lots about them is similar – but there are lots of differences, too!
Today, we learnt loads of each state. Each small group were given some information about a particular aspect of life in Athenia (Athens) or Sparta: the role of women, education, economy and government.
Then, we had to go around the room and find out the rest of the information for ourselves. This meant we were learning and teaching at the same time.
Here’s what we learnt…
We’ll be using this knowledge later in the week to practise the skill of debating when was find out once and for all ‘Who is the better city-state’?