Paragraph Scaffold – Ancient Greece

I learned a lot from my class’s recent study of ancient Greece.

Before I started learning about this early civilization, I thought about the battles between Sparta and Athens. I also thought about the roles between men and women in both Sparta and Athens.

Now I understand a lot more about ancient Greece. For example, I learned that at age seven in Sparta, boys get sent to the military to be trained to be soldiers. And at the age of seven in Athens, boys go to school, where they learn how to read, write, and do arithmetic. They were also taught sports, how to sing, and play an instrument called the lyre.

I also learned that girls in Sparta train in sports