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Life in Ancient Greece
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Name of resource : “300”
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Description: This resource is teaching tips on using movie ‘300’
(Warner Bros. Pictures) to teach the ancient life in Sparta, a Greek
city-state. The teachings tips suggested 4 video segments to be
employed to facilitate the discussion on Greek education, military
establishment, geographical features and value of life.
Teaching objectives:
 Allow the students to gain further understanding of the
education, military affairs, and geography of the Greek city
states through the movie “300 (2007)”;
 Help the students to develop comparative skills through the
movie;
 Allow the students to learn to develop a more positive value
through the movie (resolutely and unfalteringly fighting to
death for dignity, for the freedom of the whole of Greece).
[Information I]
Activity
6. Watch the movie “300” and carefully read through the two
sets of information below, analyse the differences between
the education systems of Athens and Sparta.
Segment 1
Disc 1 [01:05] after this baby boy is born… [03:50] or else he can never
return
1. What is the result of the examination for Spartan babies when they are
born?
Suggested answer:
If they are too thin, too weak, and sick or crippled they would be abandoned.
2. When they are old enough to stand up, what training would they receive?
Suggested answer:
They would experience the training for combat.
To be taught never to cower, and never surrender.
To die in battle, protecting Sparta.
3. At what age would the child be taken away from his mother to enter the
violent world of jungle justice, using their brain and will powers to face
different dangers?
Suggested answer: At the age of 7.
Segment 2
Disc 1 [22:40] All men are here? …… [24:40] to Thermopylae, march!
4. How many Spartans followed King Leonidas to fight the Persians (in the
Battle of Thermopylae, 17 - 19 September, 480 BC)?
Suggested answer: 300.
5. Who in the government would not authorise King Leonidas to fight the
battle?
Suggested answer: Ephors, the priest, and the overseers said that Sparta
must not go to war during their religious festival.
Segment 3
27:25 -28:46
6. After watching the film segments, what are the differences between the
Spartans and other Greek fighters?
Recommended answer: The Spartans are fearsome brave soldiers by
profession, and the other Greeks fighters are potters, sculptors, and
ironsmiths.
7. Refer to the map and watch the film segments, try to analyse the geography
and communication of Sparta.
The Greek peninsula is mountainous and there is a scarcity of flat plains,
transport and communication are both difficult.
8. Try to think about the geographical environment and by watching the
movie, is the navy or the army stronger for Athens and Sparta? Why?
Athens
The Athenian navy is stronger because she is
located in a coastal region
.
Sparta
The Spartan army is stronger because she is
located in an inland mountainous region .
Segment 4
Disc 1 [44:30] Earthquake. No, it’s the enemy coming... [49:00]
9. What advantages do they have in the battle field?
Suggested answer: They have courage, stratagems, and unity.
Reviews
Do you think the 300 Spartans’ dying was meaningful?
Suggested answers:
It was meaningful.
They died in battle protecting Sparta.
They died protecting their country, land, freedom, and dignity.
They died for their king.
Or
It was meaningless.
They were all slaughtered; it was too brutal, and too stupid.
Segment 5
Disc 2 [53:30] “Remembering us” are their wishes… [56:00]
10.How many Greeks fought in the Greco-Persian Wars a year later?
Suggesteded answer: 10,000 Spartan fighters and 30,000 freeborn Greeks.
I am a Spartan soldier. I started to
receive strict military training from 7
years old. At 20 years old, I formally
enlisted into the army to become a
soldier. I perform the duty of protecting
the city state until the age of 60, before
I can be discharged from service. I take
pride in dying in battle. I think a city
protected by a wall of men instead of by
a wall of bricks is the best defended
city.
[Information II]
Artist’s impression of Athenian education.
Artist’s impression of Spartan education.
Schooling age: 7 years old
Schooling age: 7 years old
Class location:
Class location: barracks / outdoor
Indoor
Education focus:
Directing
much attention into
cultural education,
developing
multifaceted talents.
Curriculum
contents: Including
reciting texts, writing,
poetry recital, public
speech,
performing
musical instruments,
and singing.
Education focus:
Directing
attention only into
military education
only, solely
developing ability in a
single aspect.
Curriculum contents: Emphasising
on training in physical
endurance, living a
harsh life in the field.
(4).Conclusion:
Geography
Political system
Military
Education
Athens
Located in coastal region on
the Greek peninsula
Democratic institutions
Mainly relying on the navy
Valuing knowledge, direct
much attention into cultural
education.
Sparta
Located in inland
mountainous region on the
Greek peninsula
Oligarchy
Mainly relying on the army
Valuing military power,
direct much attention into
military education.