Athens and Sparta: how did these two city states compare?

 Today, Year 5 began their lesson by exploring and labelling a map of Ancient Greece. Though they could see that Athens and Sparta were not far away from each other, they were very different! Did you know that if a Spartan baby seemed weak, it would be thrown off a cliff!? Did you know that Spartan boys joined the army at the age of 7 and didn't learn reading, writing or maths? We know now that Athenians were much more focused on culture and the arts.

Priory and Alum class were then asked: where would you rather live? Children were brilliant at expressing their view and backing it up with historic evidence. Well done, year 5.

Below: a Spartan and an Athenian showing their priorities!




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