Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BC

Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371BC, is one of the most popular Ancient Society topics. This new textbook traces the origins of Sparta and then explores the unique culture and political system that emerged from this foundational myth. Combining the varied interpretations of contemporaries and modern historians, this new work examines Sparta in the depth this topic deserves.

Students engage with secondary literature before and as they investigate and interpret the sources.

Students enact the historical skills of analysis and use sources, interpretation, investigation and research, and explain and communicate their historical findings.

Students use the historical concepts of continuity and change, perspectives, significance, causation, and contestability to interpret the past.

Features

• Accomplished author team
• Alignment with the NSW Ancient History Syllabus
• Extracts from key historical sources
• Extracts from classic and contemporary historical interpretations
• Activities tailored to the historical skills and concepts and examination formats
• Content consolidation activities scaffold students on the journey from remembering to evaluation and creation
• diagrams, maps, whole book glossary, up-to-date research

Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Sparta
• Chapter 2: Social structure
• Chapter 3: Spartan army and control of the helots
• Chapter 4: Women
• Chapter 3: Political organisation
• Chapter 4: The economy
• Chapter 5: Religion, death and burial
• Chapter 6: Cultural and everyday life

About the Authors

Dr Stephen Clarke has taught Ancient and Modern History in NSW for over two decades. He is passionate about using the most useful and up-to-date information in his classes and has a particular interest in exploring how recent research in history can transform teaching. Steve's PhD focuses on classical Athenian rhetoric, politics and Athenian imperialism and he has published extensively for the academy and the classroom. He lives in the Southern Highlands of NSW with his wife and two beautiful children.

Martin Garner is an Ancient, Modern and Extension History teacher at a Sydney High School. He has instructed pre-service teachers on delivering the Stage 6 Ancient History at university level and is passionate about creating resources that encourage students to work like professional historians, developing connections between sources and evidence to create well supported interpretations of the past. He lives in Sydney with his wife and family.