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- 9th - 10th
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Students research and discuss many common characteristics of modern cultures and examine ancient cultures for comparison. They study the components of anthropology and ethnocentrism. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of ancient Indian, Chinese and Aztec cultures. They consider what was valued by these cultures and compare the cultures' values to their own. They write an essay on their reflections. 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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- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine rock art and the aspects behind the technique. After defining new vocabulary words, they complete a worksheet about them. They use the internet to discover the facts of the art and the history of it being considered art. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine anthropology and archaeology by listening to articles read aloud about recent archeaological finds in order to discuss how these findings reveal things about ancient humans. Students then work in groups to research an ancient culture and create an excavation site containing artifacts from that culture. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the combined subjects of anthropology and sociology and explain how the disciplines would study the same issue. On poster board, they locate or draw pictures related to the two subjects. Once this is completed, students write summaries comparing and contrasting anthropology and sociology. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify the Aztecs as the builders of a great city and rich civilization in what is now Mexico. They locate the Aztec Empire and its capital on a map and place the Aztecs in the chronology of American history. After describing several aspects of Aztec culture, they tell the legend of the founding of the capital city of Tenochtitlan and describe the way the city looked at its peak 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 comprehend what is meant by Cultural Evolution and that it primarily applies at Human Evolution, but that there are examples in higher mammals such as a killer whales, dolphins and great apes of particular groups by exploring from their elders special ways to adapt to their environment. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students complete the list of vocabulary words and terms and complete the Quick Facts section of a website and answer questions using 2 or 3 sentences from the worksheet about rock art. They then have their names sent to the website and have them read the Quick Facts section. Full Review »
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