Schooling
Where did they go to school?
Letters school, Gymnasium and music school
Where was college at?
Plato's academy
Where was music school taken place at?
Music school, but they performed their music at the altar.
Where was the gymnastics school taken place at?
The gymmnasium
How old were they when they started?
Seven years old
Who taught girls?
Their mothers
What did they learn?
To think
What did they learn in music school?
To play musical instruments and sing
What did it also do?
Be a sports center
Where was letters school taken place at?
The academy
Why did they go to school?
So they could vote
What age did they start college at?
16 years old
What was the purpose of music school?
So they could be Cultured, controlled or better behaved
Who went there? Double Points!
Young men of a wealthy background
What did they learn?
Read, write and make poetry by heart
Who taught boys?
Mostly private teachers called Paidotribes
Who taught them?
Their teachers include Democritus, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Socrates, Plato, Speusippus, Xenocrates, Polemo, Crates, and Crantor
Why was music a big part of Athens culture?
It was thought of as a gift from the gods
Why was gymnastics a form of education?
They thought of a healthy body as valued as a good education
Why did they have letters school?
To produce people well-trained in arts and science and to be prepared for the real world
Why did girls not go to formal schooling?
Why was college a big deal?
It blended imagination and creativity
What was the most popular instrument they played?DOUBLE POINTS
Bouzouki
What did the girls learn if they went to Gymnastics school?
How to dance
What were the teachers called?
Sophists