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Living in Sparta for men meant that they

would have to train from childhood to be strong

warriors. Spartan women were also brought up to be

strong and to be able to make decisions, unlike

women in other parts of ancient Greece where they

had to stay invisible to the public. Although houses

in ancient Greece were made out of mud, they were

spacious with a courtyard in the middle and many

rooms surrounding it. Most of the ancient

Greek households had slaves to serve them.

Let’s Research!

Divide yourselves into groups, where each group should pick an invention

or an idea that was developed in ancient Greece. Each group should present

the idea to the rest of the class as if they were the ones that came up with it.

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