If I was a teenage girl that lived in Greece, I would want to live in the Spartan society because the Spartan women and gils were educated in reading, writing, and could be physically educated by playing sports. The Spartan women were educated physically and mentally so they could produce healthy babies. Also, Spartan women could own their own property or oversee her husband's property during times of war. Athenian women were kept inside the house and they were considered property of the males in the family. I would definitely not want to live in that kind of society because I think that women should get at least some of the same rights as men did, like Sparta.
2. If you were a slave, in which would you rather live? Why?
If I was a slave in Greece, I would want to live in the Athenian society because even though a slave-owner could kill a slave, the owner could also give the slave important roles in the community. For example, owners could appoint slaves into being policemen. Also, slaves were treated a lot less harshly in Athens than in many other city-states in Greece. In Sparta, the helots had to give half of their produce and crops to their owners, but in Athens, the slaves seemed to have more freedom.
3. If you were a boy of the citizen class, in which would you rather live? Why?
I would rather live in the Athenian society if I was a boy of the citizen class because boys got to be educated from about the ages of 5-14. They lived a normal life and were educated in many of the same things boys in the United States society are educated in. From the age 18 until the boy turns 20, he enters a military training camp. That life for a boy is much more acceptable for me than the Spartan boys' lives because the Spartan boys have to go to the military from the age of 6 until they're 60. I would not want to go to the military for almost my entire life, like the Spartans do. Athenian boys have a lot more freedom and knowledge than the Spartans do. Spartan boys mostly only know how to fight and protect their city-states. Even though strength and protection of their own city-state is important, I think that actual knowledge, reading, writing, and a little bit of physical activity would be a better life for boys in the citizen class in Greece.
4. If you were a young soldier, in which would you rather live? Why?
If I was a young soldier in Greece, I would probably want to live in the Athenian society because they only have to go to a military training camp for two years. Spartan soldiers have to be the army for almost 55 years, at least. I definitely would not want to go to the army for that long unless the only thing I cared about protecting Sparta or fighting other city-states or countries in general. I don't think that I would ever only care about fighting.
5. If you were a very wealthy person of the citizen class, in which would you rather live? Why?
I would want to live in Athens if I was a very wealthy person because that means that I would get a better education that the average citizen class. I would get four more years of education than the normal group of people. Even if I was a wealthy person in Sparta, I would still have to join the army for almost my entire life, which I would definitely not want to do. Also, in Athens, I would probably have slaves to own and girls got private tutors to learn.
6. Finally, decide to represent either Athens or Sparta and debate which is the best place to live. use the chart from class to find criticisms of the other city-states while praising your own.
I think Athens is a much better place to live because they didn't just care about phyisique, looks, and military, but they cared about education and freedom for most people. Spartans barely had any freedom because the men had to spend almost their entire lives in the military. Even though women were treated more equally in the Spartan community, they were only treated as equals to give birth to healthy and strong children that could potentially fight in the army. Women had to get married at the tender age of 18 in the Spartan community, which seems a bit too young to settle down and have kids that you don't even get to raise because they're being raised by the state to learn to fight. Military and strength were the biggest parts of Sparta, which isn't a healthy way to live in a community. While Athens taxed and got money from other city-states, all Spartans did was fight the other city-states to try to protect Sparta. Boys were taken at a very young age to serve in the army without a formal education before they leave for the army in Sparta, which is also an unhealthy way to live. Athens had 10 elected officials to represent society while Sparta had two kings and a couple other men to rule over all of Sparta. Also, Athens had a way bigger population than Sparta did, which means that a lot of people favored Athens over Sparta.
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