Stage 10: Culture Worksheet

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Stage 10: Culture Worksheet

Read about schools on pp. 143 - 145 and then answer the following questions.

The first stages of education

1.  At what age would Quintus have first gone to school? ______

2.  What do you call a Roman teacher? ______

3.  What is different about the physical school that Quintus and Lucia went to and the school you attend? ______

4.  What is a paedagogus? ______

5.  What would Quintus and Lucia have learned at school? ______

6.  Even if school wasn’t required by law, why would parents still want to send their children to school? ______

Writing materials

7.  Describe these items on Quintus and Lucia’s “back-to-school list”. Also explain how they were used.

a.  tabulae: ______

b.  stilus: ______

c.  papyrus: ______

8.  Describe a typical classroom scene that you might find in a piece of Roman art. ______

9.  How long was the school day? ______

10.  When did Quintus and Lucia not have to go to school? ______

The Second Stage

11.  When would most Roman children have finished their educational careers? ______

12.  What type of students moved onto the second stage? ______

13.  Name the subjects a grammaticus might teach. ______

14.  What Greek works of literature would Quintus have read? What Latin authors would he have read?

a.  Greek literature:______

b.  Latin authors: ______

15.  Why was Greek such an important subject for Latin speaking Romans? (Provide two reasons.)

a.  ______

b.  ______

The third stage

16.  What was the final stage of education and was the main focus of this final stage? ______

17.  Why was public speaking the “capstone” of Roman education? ______

Science and technical subjects

18.  Why was science not a common part of the Roman education system? ______

19.  What types of people would have learned advanced math or science? ______

20. What types of people would have learned technical subjects? ______

Girls’ education

21.  How would Lucia’s education have been significantly different from Quintus’? ______

22.  What types of skills would they have learned

a.  to attract a desirable husband ______

b.  to be successful wives ______