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Twelfth graders identify women who have excelled in anthropology. They present their findings which are compiled with other students' research to produce a list of women anthropologists.
Explore caves with your class! Your scholars will participate in scientific observation, research, inference and deduction, reading, vocabulary, and writing activities about caves with this lesson plan. This resource contains five reading sections and after each one, learners participate in follow-up activities designed to reinforce the knowledge they gained from the reading.
Students explore how anthropologists investigate scientific inquiry. They examine the four subdivisions of anthropology: archaeology, linguistics, cultural and physical. They explore the careers of several contemporary anthropologists and compare their methods.
Learners study the four main subdivisions of anthropology and how they overlap. They explore the careers of several contemporary anthropologists and their fieldwork, comparing the methods and applications of their work.
Spice up your study of basic anthropology terms using this decoding worksheet. Using a provided code, learners answer 10 fill-in-the-blank questions. Because the code is very simple, more advanced pupils may enjoy the challenge of figuring it out without the code provided. Consider using this to complement a study of social coding within groups of people, small or large. It requires little critical thinking, but can be adjusted to be more engaging.
Students analyze the difference between archaeology and anthropology while studying the evolution of different products. In this archaeology and anthropology instructional activity, students trace the progression of a certain tool or product and come up with ways to improve the product. Students use the design process to develop a new product or tool.
Fifth graders explore the classical American cultures of the Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas. In this anthropology and classical cultures lesson, 5th graders examine the various types of settlements of land use in Colonial America. Students develop historical perspective and cultural perspective by recognizing and understanding art is a record of the human experience with the past, present, and future.
In this anthropology worksheet, students read a passage on anthropology and answer 5 multiple choice questions about it. Students also complete a separate page on math concepts including measurement, 3D objects, and time.
In this word search worksheet, students locate 20 vocabulary words related to physical anthropology. The word list includes allele, amino acids, and taxonomy.
Learners act as anthropologists. In this cultural artifacts lesson plan, students use document cameras to display the cultural artifacts that they find at home to share with one another.