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Comparisons to other city-states:
Spartan education is public, Athenian is private.
Sparta educates for war, Athens for peace.
Childhood
(1 to 7 years)

Family education
Plays, myths, stories
Care of the mother

Boyhood (1 to 14 years, School)

Promenade to school under the care of a pedagogue
Music

Poetry, Homer, Hesiod.
Writing of verses from dictation
Reading, intonation, articulation.
Music proper. Doric airs accompanied by the lyre [...]

What sort of education did the ancient Spartan’s receive? Here is a list of their educational methods from birth to manhood, taken from the “Outline History of Education”.

Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold
This 109 page public domain book from 1911, written in outline form, details the many educational theories and style of education that has evolved over the course of human history. It’s a very interesting read for anyone who is interested in a psychological overview of education and [...]

For this week’s Work’s for Me Wednesday (Hosted by Rocks in my Dryer) , I did a tutorial of Google books.
Being an avid reader (and lifelong book lover), I LOVE google books and use it all the time. I get quite giddy even thinking of all the books at my instant disposal. Many people haven’t yet [...]

I found a link on my state library’s website that offers an online resource flash application that investigates many details about Thanksgiving entitled “You are the Historian:  Investigating the First Thanksgiving”.  It’s professionally built by the folks at Plimoth Plantation (www.plimoth.org) with loads of multimedia interactivity.  With much to do, see, here, read, and click on, this would [...]

Thanksgiving Its Origin, Celebration and Significance
as Related in Prose and Verse
By Robert Haven Schauffler
This free historical book, written in 1915, features over 200 pages of information (in the form of stories and poems) the American Thanksgiving Day.  It would be a great addition to any November curriculum!
Download this entire book for free here.

The following article was found in the 1908 public domain book, A History of the Middle Ages By Dana Carleton Munro.  You can download this entire book for free by clicking on the link above!
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DURING the early middle ages teaching was done wholly by the clergy. In some of the towns and villages there were elementary [...]

Poems of american history By Burton Egbert Stevenson
This amazing poetry anthology, written in 1908 , offers poems written about America from Colonial times up through the turn of the 1900’s.  With 700 pages of poetry, there are literally hundreds of poems about any historical American subject you can think of!  It offers a very valuable [...]

Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the current day.
More details
The Story of Mankind
By Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Published by Boni and Liveright, 1921
489 pages
 
Read this entire book for free online here.

Games and Songs of American Children By William Wells Newell
This book, written in 1884 and available for free download here, is a gem of a find!  Don’t we all remember little games we played with our friends as children?  History buffs will especially love this book!
Sometimes the game is described in detail (with reference to [...]

Primary Education
Here is a semi-unit study on the Pied Piper of Hamlin for language arts. 
The Pied Piper is a fairy tale of sorts about the abduction of children in Hamelin, Germany.  This book contains background information, 2 8×10 posters, the full play, music score, and paper dolls.  Other books from the library can be [...]

Unit Studies are based on the belief that all of life is integrated.  Dividing learning into individual subjects detatches students from their true meanings and does not give them a broad grasp of how nature interlocks together. 
Throughout every day experiences, situations children encounter overlap in their subject content.  A trip to the zoo may engage [...]

Are you looking for a quality publisher that has wonderful non-fiction living books that you can add to your home collection?
Usborne Publishing is the leading provider of colorful, children-friendly “teaching” picture books. While non-fiction learning is their main priority, they also provide many colorful fictional books, including classics, puzzles, games, and early reader books.
Popular “living [...]