Cambridge Stage 10 Culture – Flashcards
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What skills would the mother teach the children?
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To speak Latin correctly and elementary reading and writing.
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At what age did boys start going to school?
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At age seven.
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Were Roman schools coeducational?
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No.
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What was education for girls from wealthy families like?
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Some girls would continue their education privately with a tutor. They were taught Greek and Latin literature and learned to sing&play the lyre.
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What was the student to teacher ratio?
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About 30 students and 1 teacher.
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What was the teacher called?
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The ludi magister.
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Were parents required by law to send their child to school?
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No.
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Did schooling require a payment?
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Yes.
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Why was reading and writing a good skill to have?
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The advantages of having those skills were widely appreciated.
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Where would lessons be held?
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In a rented room, a colonnade, or a square.
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What was a paedagogus responsible for?
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The student's behavior&protection.
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What would a student learn in the first stage of schooling?
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Reading and writing in Latin and Greek and simple arithmetic.
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What 3 things did a student use in school?
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A wooden tablet, a pen/stick, and paper.
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What did students write with?
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A quill pen.
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What was the ink that they used composed of?
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Soot and resin.
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How did students work?
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They sat on benches and rested their tablets on their knees.
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What was discipline in the classroom like?
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Strict and harsh.
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How long was a typical school day?
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6 hours.
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When did the students have days off?
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Public festivals and every 9th day(a market day).
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At what age did the second stage of schooling begin?
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Age eleven.
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What was the teacher in the second stage called?
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The grammaticus.
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What poems was Homer famous for?
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Iliad&Odyssey.
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What were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides famous for?
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Tragic Greek plays.
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How else would pupils memorize literature besides reading it aloud?
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They would analyze them and learn long passages them by heart.
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What other things were students taught?
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They were taught history and geography in order to understand references to famous people/places in literature.
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When did students leave the grammaticus?
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Age 15 or 16.
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What two languages would he have a very good knowledge of?
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Greek&Latin.
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What was the teacher in the third stage of schooling called?
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A rhetor.
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What would a two key skills student learn?
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Literature and public speaking
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Where could a student use the skills hey learned in the third stage?
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At law courts, town council meetings, and to address people at election time.
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What other things would a student learn?
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To use different part of speech, to vary their tone of voice and emphasize their words with gestures.
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What was the purpose of of ordinary Roman schools?
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To teach things(read, write, simple math, fine literature, speak and argue convincingly)that would be necessary in real life.
