Task Two 'Daily Life'

Activity: Click on all the sites listed below, take notes about the differences between Men, Women and children.

Click on this site (Meet the Greeks) and read the excerpts on Greek Men and Women, babies, girls and boys.

Visit Athens and take notes on what Men, women and children did in this Ancient country.

Visit the Ancient Greek World Click on Daily Life and read Women's life and Men's life.

Visit Roles of Men, Women and Children
Once you have read this page and made notes on the different roles of Men, Women and Children, click on the Student Activity. Record what you did in the box below.

Main Question
From what you have read, list the different activities and roles that men, women and children performed in Ancient Greece. If there are some things certain people were not allowed to do or had to do make a note of the reason why. Create your own table in Word and type in your findings. It might look something like the table below. (if you are not sure how to create a table click on this link How to make a simple table)

You are going to take a journey and you can choose who you want to be. Along the way you will learn a little more about Ancient Athens and the people who lived during that time.

Resources and References

Daily life in Ancient Greece http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html#FAMILY

BBC Ancient Greece http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/ancientgreece/athens/citya.shtml

Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

Thinkquest Internet Challenge
http://library.thinkquest.org/2840/begin.html

Roles of Men, Women and Children
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceroles1.html