Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BCE

This bundle covers the requirements of the Stage 6 Higher School Certificate course for the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical Periods - Option G: Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BCE

It includes:

• Metalanguage
• Video: The Spartans documentary series
• Worksheet: The Spartans documentary series
• Presentation: Leonidas
• Presentation: Secondary sources
  + Source-based activity: Horses and hunting. How did the Spartans spend their leisure time?
  + Source-based activity: What happened at the Hyakinthia Festival?
  + Source-based activity: Were the helots slaves?
  + Source-based activity: Was the agoge a school or a military bootcamp?
  + Source-based activity: What was so unusual about Spartan marriage customs?
  + Source-based activity: Who was Tyrtaeus? What were the themes of his poetry?
  + Source-based activity: Why was the krypteia so bloodthirsty?
  + Source-based activity: Why was the Battle of Leuctra so important?
  + Source-based activity: Why did the Spartans revere the Menelaion?
  + Source-based activity: How much freedom was given to Spartan girls?
  + Source-based activity: What was so important about the Temple of Apollo at Amyklai?
  + Source-based activity: What happened at the Gymnopediae Festival?
  + Source-based activity: What contribution did the perioikoi make to Spartan society?
  + Source-based activity: Was Spartan cultural life Spartan?
  + Source-based activity: What did Sparta gain in the Messenian Wars?
• Source-based activity: What was Alkman’s contribution to Spartan literature?
• Source-based activity: Who was Lycurgus, really?
• Source-based activity: What was Brasidas’ role in the Peloponnesian War?
• Source-based activity: What was the role of the Spartan kings?
• Source-based activity: What happened at the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia?
• Source-based activity: Was Cleomenes I a great Spartan leader?
• Source-based activity: What happened at the House of the Bronze Athena?
• Source-based activity: Why did Spartiates eat at a syssitia?
• Source-based activity: What happened at the Festival of Karneia?
• Source-based activity: Why did the Spartans win the First Battle of Mantinea?
• Source-based activity: What were the main features of the Spartan economy?
• Source-based activity: What was the Spartan contribution to the Battle of Thermopylae?
• Source-based activity: Why did the Spartans found a colony at Taras?
• Source-based activity: Why did the Spartans allow old men to rule the state?
  + Spartans at the Gates of Fire worksheet
  + Activity: 3 Primary sources
• Revision: Who Am I?
• Word search
• Sequence the events
• Exposition assessment task
• Revision: True or false?