Ancient Athens History by https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post History term 4 2016 en-us 2016-10-20 03:56:36 UTC 2025-10-28 14:25:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/141203845/f31c8ba2831523f91cf59259b380d72b/athens_symbol.jpg lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132276515 2016-10-21 07:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132276515 lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132279918 2016-10-21 07:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132279918 lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132477508 2016-10-22 05:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132477508 lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132518226 2016-10-23 02:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132518226 Social Classes lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535443 In Athens there are three main social classes- Citizens, Metics and Slaves. The citizens were the highest ranking class and could only be men, who have free Athenian parents. Citizens were highly involved in the government and were allowed to vote on city-state decisions. Metics were the middle ranked class. Metics were either freed slaves or people who came to live in Athens. Slaves were the lowest ranking class they had jobs such as tutoring for girls, working in the household or shops or working for the state. Each social class had a different role to play which could be easy or hard.]]> 2016-10-23 11:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535443 pericles lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535480 Pericles was a significant man in the ancient Athenian history and so were his parents. He was the son of Xanthippus and Agariste. Xanthippus was a famous general and statesman. Agariste was niece to the famed statesman and reformer Cleisthenes. He lead the Athenians in to the Peloponnesian war and was responsible for all the destruction that was made during the war. Pericles had the ‘long wall’ built between Athens and Piraeus. Pericles has played a significant role in the Athenian history.]]> 2016-10-23 11:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535480 Woman and Children lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535505 The women stayed home and did house work. They ran the farms, ruled over the Slaves and looked after their house. The girls stayed at home and helped their mother around the house. Some of the girls would go to school with their brothers. At age 6 the wealthy boys went to a private school while very poor boys didn’t go to school at all. At school they learnt how to read, write, recite poetry, maths, sing and how to play the lyre and flute. Women and girls had a private life because they stayed at home, while the boys had a more public life because they went to school.]]> 2016-10-23 11:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535505 How was Athens governed and who was the leader lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535573 Athens is governed by the Ekklesia. The Ekklesia is an assembly that all Athenian citizens were allowed to attend. At the Ekklesia they voted on important decisions such as whether or not they should go to war. The Athenian government is ruled by the people from Athens so people at the Ekklesia get a say in what happens. At the court there were no lawyers so the accuser spoke first and requests a punishment like fines, exile or even death. The accused tried to get a lighter punishment by defending his case. At the court there was no lawyer so the accuser spoke first and requests a punishment like fines, exile or even death. The defender tried to get a lighter punishment. This type of government is called democracy and Athens was the first city state to develop it.]]> 2016-10-23 11:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535573 Greek Gods and Festivals lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535621 The Athenians believed in multiple Gods who lived on top of Mount Olympus. The father of all the Gods was named Zeus. Zeus had a lot of children and Athena was one of them. Athens was named after Athena. They held festivals and celebrations for their gods. One of the festivals held in Athens is in honour of Athena and is called Panathenaic. In spring a festival was held called Antestria and this festival was in honour for Dionysus. The Olympic Games was a festival in honour of Zeus for which Greeks from the main land come to participate. All the festivals are very significant to Athens and what they believe in.]]> 2016-10-23 11:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535621 Judgement on how easy or difficult was life lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535690 In Athens each social class had a different role to play which depended on how easy or difficult life was. Women and girls had a private life. They stayed at home and cleaned the house while the boys went to school. All Athenians participated in the religious festivals which were very significant to them. The higher class Athenians got attend the Ekklesia and the men were allowed to have a say in how Athens was governed Pericles played a significant role in the Athenian history. Overall each social class played a different roll which depended on how easy or difficult life was.]]> 2016-10-23 11:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535690 bibliography lpetit1 https://padlet.com/lpetit1/laurasancientathens_post/wish/132535744 About education (2016). Pericles. Retrieved 27/9/16, from http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/pericles/p/Pericles.htm (Source D)

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Encyclopædia Britannica (2016) Metics 23/10/16 https://www.britannica.com/topic/metic (Source H)

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