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173 Physical anthropology Lesson Plans

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Grade Range
8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students study language families among North Carolina Native Americans. They identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina. They calculate the physical area covered by each language family. Full Review »

Grade Range
12th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
4th - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine artifacts and documents from their Canadian community. They analyze early Canadian history and make predictions about the future of the country. Full Review »

Grade Range
5th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine the nature of culture, and compare/contrast various cultures and their artifacts and ceremonies. They develop a class list of artifacts, complete a worksheet, and create a poster or diorama describing an object that is important to them. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Artists compare and contrast artistic form and content. They investigate artistic and anthropological practices of collecting. Students explore the concept of collecting in other fields outside of Art. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

Students will examine the physics of flight through using experimental inquiry. In this lesson, you'll introduce your students to the four forces of flight--drag, lift, thrust, and weight--through a variety of fun-filled flight experiments. Students will "fly" for short periods and then evaluate factors that might either increase or decrease their "flight" duration. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
11th
Rating
3 Stars

Students are given a scenario: A group of concerned citizens has identified a problem or need that should be addressed in its local community. You are the spokesperson for the informal group, students write a proposal to a private foundation requesting support to establish a new community organization to remedy the problem or address the need that has been identified. Full Review »

Grade Range
11th - Higher Ed
Rating
3 Stars

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 »