Imagine that all of Killeen is devoted to having the most successful high school football team in the nation. As time goes by, the most important thing is to produce prospective football players for the championship team.

1, What would their education system be like? (Look at outline) They don't just teach football. They couldn't survive if that is all they taught. Don't just think about what would be taught. What is their education system like? Who does the teaching? What types of things are taught? The system would have to support the goal.
 
 
 
 

2. What is art and literature or the cultural system like? Yes they do have art and literature. You must have a cultural system for the civilization to continue. What food would be considered cultural food? What type of clothes would they wear? (Not just football uniforms)
 
 
 
 

3. What would society be like? What happens to the life of a family whose son shows football promise? What role does the daughter play? (Not just that she is a cheerleader)
 
 

4. What happens to people who don't want to support football?
 
 

5. What kind of aristocracy (check definition from book) might form in Killeen?

Why would this become a "totalitarian" (check definition from book) type of government?
 
 

6. What kinds of products would they produce?(economic system)

After answering these questions each person in the group write a paragraph about why this civilization that developed in Killeen could easily compare to the one that developed in Sparta. What was the single purpose in Sparta? (Not just the military) Include in your paragraph a statement about the part played by helots in the development of a single purpose civilization like Sparta.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sparta was located on the Peloponnesus Peninsula, an area that was good for growing grain but did not provide the protection of an acropolis. The ruling class of citizens of Sparta was small in numbers compared with the slaves, or helots. Due in part to a constant fear of outside invaders and of inside slave revolts, the Spartan aristocracy empathized military strength and uniformity. The government controlled all phases of life for both citizens and slaves. By doing so, art, literature, philosophy, and science were present only as they supported the military and only in a practical nature. Military might, as shown by strength, courage, endurance, and cleverness, along with devotion to Sparta were the most important values. Individual freedoms were sacrificed.