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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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Handout
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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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Lesson Plan
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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Unit Plan
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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Website
Australian Museum

The Australian Museum

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

University of Michigan: Museum of Zoology

For Students 9th - 10th
See the Museum of Zoology where visitors can explore the museum's resources.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Traces: Historic Archaeology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Excellent lesson plans that challenge learners to consider every day uses for artifacts. Site provides an analysis worksheet that will help students consider the importance of artifacts in understanding historical people. Links to sites...
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Examining African American Culture Through the Use of Children's Literature

For Teachers 3rd
This curriculum unit is designed for third grade students to address the issue of diversity during many different core areas via the use of African-American children's literature. The unit incorporates a variety of children's books, both...
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Website
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: What Can I Do With a Major In

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to explore possible career paths based on a college major? Explore possible career titles, major skills and characteristics, and websites related to your choice of college major.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Jane Goodall

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees, which makes her a hero to animals and people. This resource includes quotes, images and links to further information on Goodall, the "Earthkeeper hero."
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Traits of Life: The Body Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the research on body decomposition undertaken by University of Tennessee researcher William Bass (since retired) at the university's forensic research center, popularly known as the body farm.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mildred Trotter (1899 1991)

For Students 9th - 10th
Anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter (1899-1991), graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1920 and received Ph.D. from Washington University in 1924; except for serving as a U.S. Army forensic anthropologist following World War II,...
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Vancouver: The Raven and First Men

For Students 9th - 10th
The Raven and First Men, Museum of Anthropology (Vancouver)
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Curated OER

Frederica Annis Lopez De Leo De Laguna (1906 2004), Kaj Birket Smith (1893 1977)

For Students 9th - 10th
Frederica Annis Lopez de Leo de Laguna (1904-2004) (at left) was an anthropologist associated in 1937 with the University of Pennsylvania Museum; she had studied at Columbia during the late 1920s and had done groundbreaking research in...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Margaret Mead (1901 1978)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this photography taken at the New York Academy of Sciences in June 1968, anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) is talking to journalists. The person in background appears to be chemist Linus Pauling (1901-1994). Mead was then...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Patricia A. Mc Broom

For Students 9th - 10th
Journalist and anthropologist Patricia A. McBroom wrote for Science News from 1965-1969. She is the author of Behavioral Genetics (1980) and The Third Sex (1986)
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Theodor Waitz

For Students 9th - 10th
(1821-1864) Famous German anthropologist and psychologist.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rudolf Virchow

For Students 9th - 10th
Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (13 October 1821 - 5 September 1902) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. He is referred to as the "Father of Pathology," and founded...
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Article
Other

Neanderthal Flute

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides information on the investigation of the Neanderthal flute that was found.
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Article
Other

The Philosophy of Social Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article on how philosophy can be used in the study of social sciences such as sociology and psychology. The nature of social sciences and how they differ from the natural sciences is also explored.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Charlie Parker

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this resource to learn about Charlie Parker's life and musical career, which provides links to further information, quotes, and images.
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Website
Other

Discover Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover Magazine brings you the world of science: the latest research news, enhanced versions of articles, and a full-text archive.

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