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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Animism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an encyclopedia entry for the word "Animism." It provides a comprehensive discussion of the term including definition, background, proponents, and references.
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University of California

Hearst Museum: Maker's Hand (Art of Africa and China)

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of the art of Africa and China, in many different media, viewed from an anthropologist's perspective.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Franz Boas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the man who was considered to be one of the greatest and most influential anthropologists, Franz Boas.
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Other

Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
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Curated OER

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two exhibitions available online: Formative Mesoamerico and Teotihuacan. Both exhibits have pictures and narratives.
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Curated OER

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two exhibitions available online: Formative Mesoamerico and Teotihuacan. Both exhibits have pictures and narratives.
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Curated OER

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two exhibitions available online: Formative Mesoamerico and Teotihuacan. Both exhibits have pictures and narratives.
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Curated OER

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two exhibitions available online: Formative Mesoamerico and Teotihuacan. Both exhibits have pictures and narratives.
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Curated OER

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two exhibitions available online: Formative Mesoamerico and Teotihuacan. Both exhibits have pictures and narratives.
Graphic
Curated OER

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two exhibitions available online: Formative Mesoamerico and Teotihuacan. Both exhibits have pictures and narratives.
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Curated OER

Anthropologist Winifred Creamer Collects a Carbon Sample

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine a civilization in the Americas that predated the ancient Egyptians! That's what archeologist Jonathan Haas found on the coast of Peru. Read here about this remarkable discovery.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: An Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides an excerpt of an Aztec account of the initial encounter of Montezuma and the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes, as published by noted anthropologist Miguel Leon-Portilla. The meeting-turned-massacre,...
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Other

University of Connecticut: Arctic Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers student information on natural resources, history and culture, social equity and environmental justice, anthropology, a virtual classroom and an arctic forum.
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Other

La Sala De Teotihuacan

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable pictures from this Mesoamerican art gallery at Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology.
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Other

University of Tennessee: Frank H. Mc Clung Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage for the Frank H. McClung Museum, located on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The McClung Museum is a general museum with collections in anthropology, archaeology, decorative arts, local history,...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What's Missing?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you find the missing pattern in the "sona?" Explore missing patterns and growing patterns in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. Discover how archaeologist and anthropologist use these mathematical patterns to learn...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Melville J. Herskovits

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Melville J. Herskovits, an American anthropologist noted for having opened up the study of the "New World Negro" as a new field of research. Herskovits was also known for his humanistic...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Katherine Dunham

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Katherine Dunham, an American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist noted for her innovative interpretations of ritualistic and ethnic dances.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Pearl Primus

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Pearl Primus, an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and teacher whose performance work drew on the African American experience and on her research in Africa and the Caribbean.
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Trinity University

Trinity University: Spectrum of Family Systems Across Cultures and Time

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains a variety of articles about family systems, with a thorough glossary and many related links.
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Other

University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Safari: The First People

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Emulate the work of archaeologists in South Africa attempting to solve the riddles of human evolution by inferring a person's height from the length of one bone. Identify and communicate present-day rituals through ancient art techniques.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: You Be the Historian

For Students 3rd - 5th
Exercise involves learners in figuring out what life was like two hundred years ago for the colonial American Springer family by examining objects and documents they left behind.
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Australian Museum

The Australian Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features links to information on Australia's museum.

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