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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.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
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.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
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.
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Students define the terms archaeology, geology, climatology, ecology, anthropology, ethnology and describe the primary tools and techniques that people use in each of the above fields. They draw inferences about the lives and cultures of people.
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- 6th Grade
Students discuss the work of anthropologists in discovering ancient finds of fossils, ancient pottery, or dinosaur bones. They look at fossil casts and track current news about anthropology. They write a letter to an anthropologist asking questions about the career, research, or about an article they read. They complete the project worksheet.
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Students use a website: The Department of Anthropology at California State University in Sacramento sponsors this easy-to-navigate Web site. They view photographs of fossil casts of more than 20 human fossil remains that the university has on display.
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- 11th - Higher Ed Grade
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.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students view a PowerPoint about Tibetan monks to help them explain the culture's world views, myths and religious beliefs. They investigate Navajo sand paintings and compare how they are similar to the Tibetan monks' artwork.
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- 5th - 6th Grade
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.
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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.
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