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Outline An Outline by Nick Moody A. Education 1. Men’s Education a. 18 years of education/ sports training b. 2 years of Barracks training as a soldier c. Boy’s were also taught to be useful citizens d. Kids in Sparta were taught in the local Barracks for education. 2. Woman’s Education a. Woman were not taught like men were. b. Woman were taught simple arithmetic and other simple lessons. c. Woman mostly took care of children, and managed houses. 3. Private Schooling a. If children went to private school, paidagogos would accompany them. b. Private school was the most common way of education in Greece. c. Public schools were rare, but could be found in Sparta. B. Slavery. 1. Slave ownership a. everyone owned slaves. b. poor people even had slaves but very few. 2. Slave work. a. Some slaves, called paidagogos, assisted their master’s children in private school. b. Otherwise, slaves worked like other slaves, on farms, around the house and such. 3. Slave treatment a. In ancient Greece, slaves were treated more mercifully than in other countries. b. Slaves were eventually released, unlike other countries. c. This promise motivated slaves to work harder. d. In 5th century B.C., 1/3 of ancient Greece’s population were slaves. C. Jobs of the people 1. Artistic jobs a. Pottery was important to Greeks for storage. b. Some people made sculptures of Gods and important figures. c. Greeks often painted murals on their walls. II. Life and daily work. A. A Family’s life. 1. Meals a. Families mostly got food by agriculture. b. The ancient Greek’s main meal was in the evening, and was full of non-fattening foods. c. Greeks didn’t use utensils much, but of they did, they used a spoon or knife, because there were no forks. d. Meals were often made outside. 2. Family members a. If a baby is born, if it is weak or female, the parents may decide to leave it to die or raise as a slave. b. Female children learned mostly from their mother.
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c. boys in Sparta who learned in the Barracks were not allowed to leave the barracks until 30 years of age. d. The husband was the household leader; while the wife did the chores around he house. 3. Marriage and divorce a. Marriage was not determined by children, but by parents. b.Marriage usually took place when themen were 20-30, even while they still work in barracks. c. Divorce would take place if the woman for instance could not bare children. d. People were very secretive about marriages. They didn’t want people to know. III. Conclusion 1. Reviewing a. Men got more education then woman. b. Slavery was a big part of Ancient Greece. c. The Greeks were very artistic people. d. They ate very healthy food. e. Greeks had a very odd culture.

Culture and Daily life in Ancient Greece Summary A Summary by Nick Moody

The Ancient Greek culture is not what you would normally expect. Their education, way of life, and their jobs are different then ours. First of all, boy children received more education then woman did, like in sports, to be a soldier, and to be a good citizen. Woman mainly just watched the children and managed the house. Slavery was important in Greece too, because a lot of the people in Greece were slaves. Slaves in Ancient Greece worked on farms like slaves in other places, but some special slaves were chosen to help the children go to private school. Slaves were treated nicer than most in Ancient Greece, but slavery was still a big thing there. One other thing different than you wouldn’t expect in Ancient Greece is their eating habits. They eat bread and wine for breakfast and lunch, with a dinner of different salads and other healthy foods. They used their fingers a lot, but used spoons and knives some times, because there were no forks. Otherwise, the Greeks made pots and paintings, and were outside a lot. The Greeks had a very odd culture compared to ours. The daily life of a Greek is also very different from ours. For instance, they got most of their food by agriculture, and baked mostly outside. And like I said before, they used spoons and knives, but no forks when eating. Marriages were also weird; because they didn’t want people not related to them to know about it! Parents were also a bit strict when it came to babies; if it was weak or female, the parents left it to die, or give it to someone to raise as a slave. If the child was female and lived, she learned from her mother, while the father was the head of the house. Otherwise, they did not name it until later. A divorce would occur for instance if the wife could not have children, because that was bad in Greece, and was thought of as a curse. Overall, the daily life and culture of Greece is very different then ours today.

Ancient Greece A Report by Nick Moody

Ancient Greece, we all know about it, but there is lots we don’t know about ancient Greek culture. For instance, the education there was based more for boys then for girls. Boy’s received more education than girls did because they had more importance in Greece at the time. Men would go through about 18 years of school, including 2 years of military training as a soldier. This would be different if the child was in Sparta, because then they would go to school in the barracks for all their education, not only as a soldier, but to be tough, and intelligent. Men were also taught to be good citizens, and in sports so they could be useful people. Girls were not taught as much as boys were, but did receive some education on arithmetic, and some other simple subjects. Girls weren’t taught as much because they didn’t do as much as men did in the towns; they managed the house, watched the children, and monitored slaves. But it was important to the Greeks that girls be taught to wrestle, because they thought that the girls would bare healthier children. But either way the education goes, most children went to private school, as those were most common. If a rich family had a child who went to private school, they parents would send a paidagogo, a special slave selected by the family to assist the child in school. Public schools were rare, but could be found in Sparta. Schooling in Ancient Greece might seem a bit dull, but the schooling in Ancient Greece was the one of the best at the time. Though the Ancient Greeks might have been portrayed as nice people, there is a dark side to their culture. That dark side is slavery, and there was a lot of it! In fact, about 1/3 of the ancient Greek population was slavery. But without slaves, ancient Greece wouldn’t have been nearly as big as it was. Now with the question, “who owned slaves?” Well, almost anyone who could afford a slave had one, or at least a few. The rich especially, they had dozens of slaves, for multiple tasks, so slavery was efficient for them. Slaves worked mostly in their owner’s house, especially if it was a female slave. Slaves had to make the meals, retrieve water, and help the owner with other miscellaneous tasks around the house, like the chores and such. But if there was a trusted slave, they parents would send the slave, called a paidagogo, to help their child with school. Slaves were treated with a little more mercy than slaves in other countries, but it all depends on the owner. Some slave owners promised to release their slaves eventually, and that worked as a motivation to make slaves work harder. But even if the slave owners were nice, slavery is still a cruel thing. Although the ancient Greeks did own slaves, they were very artistic people. The Greek people were great at making big pots, not only for storage, but for decoration. The pots were used to transport water, and other things, while the slaves carried them back home. The Greeks painted their pots with a paint that turned the pots a reddish color. People in Ancient Greece also liked to paint, so much in fact that they made murals on the walls in their homes. I think you would agree when I say that the ancient Greeks were a very artistic type of people. The daily life of Greek people is also very different from ours. Like how they got their food for example. They didn’t just run out to Kroger and buy things, they grew most of their food. Sometimes they bought food from the market, but they mostly grew their food by agriculture. The Greeks mostly ate bread and wine, but had a wider variety of foods ate the last meal of the day. When they ate, they used their hands most of the time. If they used utensils, they would use a spoon or a knife, because there were no forks at that time period . If the Greeks ever baked their food, it would be baked outside. The Greeks ate a lot of healthy things, excluding potatoes and anything that made people fat, as they tried very hard to make themselves look nice. Families in Ancient Greece treated each other very differently then you would think. When it came to babies, parents would leave it to die or raise it as a slave if the baby was weak or female. (Now THAT’S what I call strict!) If the baby was male and lived in Sparta, when it came of age, he would go to school in the barracks, and was not allowed to leave until the age of 30. This large amount of time was training as a soldier, and to be a useful citizen. If the child was female, she mostly learned from the mother, to learn how to be a good wife. Marriage standards were weird compared to the ones currently, for instance, the marriage was not chosen by the children, but by the parents. Also, the people were secretive about their marriages, as they didn’t want to attract too much attention. But one thing similar to today’s marriages is that they took place when the men are in their 20s-30s. But Divorces would occur if the wife could not bare children, because the people thought of this as a “curse from the gods.” Otherwise, Divorces weren’t super common. The Greeks have a very interesting culture and daily life, as said before. But before I end this report, let’s review some of the facts. The men received more of an education than woman did, as they were more important at the time. Slavery was a growing fad in ancient Greece, reaching a staggering amount of 1/3 of their population! Though they had done slavery, the Greeks were very artistic, making many pots and making murals on their walls. If you go back to one of the previous paragraphs, you will remember that the ancient Greeks ate very healthily, eating breads and salads and no fattening foods like meat. Overall, I think that the ancient Greek people had a very interesting culture that is very weird compared to current society.

List of Sources For Ancient Greece Culture and Daily Life A list of Sources by Nick Moody

Internet Sources: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ancientgreece.htm

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/greek_world/index.htmL

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http://www.historylink102.com/greece3/index.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/daily_life.htm

Book Sources:

__Ancient Greece__ by Don Nardo

__You Wouldn’t want to be a slave in Ancient Greece__ by Fiona Macdonald

__Eyewitness Books Ancient__ Greece by Anne Pearson

__What we Know About Ancient Greece__ by Anne Pearson