A colorful resource introduces learners to the four major fields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, and archaeology. Explanations are provided for what each field studies, the kinds of questions the scientists ask, and how they go about their research.

Concepts

anthropology, remote learning, archaeology, field studies, archaeological digs, fossil records, fossils, linguistics, artifacts

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask students to select one of the four fields of anthropology they find most interesting and explain why on the class webpage or blog

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a computer with internet access

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• The Menu tab links users to games, stories, hands-on activities and related videos

Cons

• None