Unit: Ancient Greece

Lesson: Sparta Government

Standards:
NJ.CC.8.RI. Reading standards for informational text, key ideas and details
8.RI.1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
8.RI.2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text,
including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
8.RI.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative,
connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone,
including analogies or allusions to other texts.
8.RI.8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the
reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is
introduced.
Essential Question: How did the good treatment of women benefit Spartan Society as a whole?
Objectives: Students will be able to..
Analyze the differences between Spartan women and the general idea of women in the rest of
Greece
Understand the roles of women in Spartan society
Lesson opener: quiz
Step-by-step:
10 minutes Twelve questions quiz on Persian Wars and Spartan education
10 minutes We will review the answers from document D on Moralia: Practices and Beliefs.
Students will be asked to give their answers for document D. After each questions I
have the answers on the document analysis on powerpoint. Students should be
adding to their answers to ensure they have all important information.
5 minutes We will read Document E as a class. I will ask students questions regarding the
sources.
Who were they? Why are they reliable sources?
10 minutes Students may work in pairs to answer the 4 questions in the Document Analysis.
5 minutes We will have an open class discussion on the treatment of women. I will ask
students if they believed that the treatment of women benefited the whole society of
Sparta. How? I will also review the questions from the Women Education reading.
Why didnt other societies follow the example of Sparta?

Lesson closure: How did the good treatment of women benefit Spartan Society as a whole?
Materials and equipment needed:
Doc. D
Doc. E
Women Education
Quizzes (ID A, ID B, and modified quiz)
Assignment: periods 1,2,4 will have document E for homework
Periods 6 and 7 will have Sparta reading and questions
Assessment: 4 point homework grade
Modification: Quizzes have been modified for students who need it less choices in the multiple
choices