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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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- 9th - 12th
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Students read a portion of the narrative, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, to explain the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans brought to the US. They create charts and bar graphs comparing ethnicities in the lowlands and tidewater regions. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students explain how to build a picture of life so that, when asked to put together a time capsule, they do so. Groups decide what they put in their time capsule and present to the class. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students examine the role of games in society. They identify the cultural vales and lessons learned while playing games. They also examine how games become popular. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students create wax sculptures of a full body using mathematical calculations and information gathered from a video in this excellent art project. The lesson can be used along or within the unit provided. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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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. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct research into the African American's role in the founding of the US Army AIr Corps while taking notes using a variety of resources. The lesson plan has important information to be used for facts and to guide further inquiry. Given a scenario students give possible solutions. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate how the tipi played a role in the lives of the Utah Native Americans as well as other tribes that adopted the tipi as their primary dwelling. They create a Sioux or Cheyenne tipi in class out of construction paper and decorate it in an authentic manner. Working in groups they write a short report on how life in a tipi would be for Native American kids their age. Full Review »

