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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students become aware of the old Chinese custom of foot binding. They become aware that few Chinese women in American had bound feet, although in the early days wives of merchants usually did. They discuss cosmetic measures people take today. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover the main concept of the abacus, a counting tool for arithmetic. They make an abacus and demonstrate simple numbers, addition and subtraction. They use examples from worksheets imbedded in this lesson for practice. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students are introduced to the three Stone Ages: Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. Designed as an interactive lesson, it provides students with definitions and characteristics of each Stone Age. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students present information of people, places, and environments. They collect, organize, and analyze date to use with these representations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students make a time line with time marked along a string in 500-year intervals. They compare Michigan's long existence with its short written history and identify key dates in Michigan's existence. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students explore the factors that contributed to the decline of Timbuktu and the myths and misconceptions about the city. Students study the obstacles that made a journey to Timbuktu a difficult one as well as discover the first European to make the journey to Timbuktu in the 19th century. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students develop an understanding of the interrelatedness of technology, culture, and environment as illustrated by the Chumash culture. They continue to study the earth repeatedly for it takes years to acquire the knowledge that they need to complete the picture. Students tie together anthropology, history, and culture of one particular group of people. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the cause and effect relationship between geography and ancient civilizations. After reading an article, they determine how new findings can help scientists examine the migration patterns of these civilizations. Using the internet, they research how climate and geography affected prehistoric humans and create their own dioramas. They reflect on these issues in their journals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students research the validity and legality of ownership. Through the use of primary sources, web based and print media research, students become familiar with and evaluate the varying viewpoints regarding the archaeological/anthropological discoveries of scientists as well as the agencies and policies involved when conflicts erupt. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students compare and contrast physical and cultural anthropology research methods. They examine the importance of the opposable thumb to human evolution, view videos of researchers in the Down Rift Valley and complete a presentation on a particular early hominid group. Full Review »
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