CSPSCentre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

Educational activities

Who says that academics don’t like having fun and sharing their knowledge with schoolchildren? 

The CSPS team combine our love for ancient history and archaeology with our love for fun learning.

We have set up a series of educational packages and activities to engage schoolchildren of all ages with ancient history and archaeology with a particular focus on the Spartans and southern Greece!

Image shows a large group of children seated on the beach listening to a woman who stands with her back to the ocean with several islands in the distance, beneath clear blue skies
Dr Chrysanthi Gallou (Director of CSPS) speaking to a group of Greek school children
 
 


The Centre works closely with colleagues from the University of Nottingham's Widening Participation and Outreach team and IntoUniversity to deliver the Nottingham-based activities, and runs projects in Greek schools too in collaboration with local archaeological units. Our educational resources and activities leaflets are available in both English and Greek.

Meet the Sparta Team

 

 

 

Example recent outreach event

Children’s workshop: Ancient Greece and the Spartans 

Were the Spartans all fierce warriors? Or more like you and I? School students found out more about this ancient civilisation with our experts on Ancient Greece. They took part in practical activities exploring the lives of Spartans. They discussed stories about Sparta’s military training, cult practices and everyday life activities to decide whether the reputation of Spartans as mere ‘war machines’ was to be believed. 

 

 

Current projects

Click below to explore some of our many current projects, and get in touch with Dr Chrysanthi Gallou if your school is interested in getting involved:

Purple banner with an image of a shell; a mosaic of a king;  mosaic of a queen; and a chemical diagram, below a title reading 'My name is royal purple: CSPS educational project'

My name is Royal Purple

Image shows a digital reconstruction of a house in Pavlopetri with timber frame and terracotta roof

Pavlopetri: Tales from the sea

 
'Sleeping rough' artwork by Matt Brooke. Image of swaddled baby abandoned in a wood with an owl in the tree above, silhouetted by the moon

Lessons from Spartaland

Painting of Leonidas and the Spartans at Thermopylae

Secondary education engagement

 

 

Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 951 4800
fax: +44 (0)115 951 4811
email: csps@nottingham.ac.uk