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Science Struck

Science Struck: Schools That Offer Graduate Programs in Bioarchaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
Bioarchaeologists study human remains found at archaeological sites in order to understand how humans lived in the past. This resource provides a list of universities, and links to their websites, that offer graduate courses in this...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Francis Galton (1822 1822 1911)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Francis Galton from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: John Lubbock (1834 1913)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of John Lubbock from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821 1902)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: John Lubbock (1834 1913)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of John Lubbock from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821 1902)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821 1902)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: The Conquest of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Consider these resources while illustrating the natives' response to Europeans settling into the Americas.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Myth, Ritual, Symbolism

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
University course site on symbolism, figurative language, and elements of myth and ritual includes lecture notes, bibliography, and examples of student work submitted as assignments for course credit.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Law and Society

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An impressive collection of resources that can be used to enhance lessons focused on the law. Covers the nature of laws, legal reasoning, how it can effect societal change, and how laws are enforced and experienced.
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Unit Plan
University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba: Kinship and Social Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to in-depth information on kinship fundamentals such as marriage customs and residence rules. It also provides definitions and links to differing systems of descent and marriage among several groups - the...
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Website
Other

University of Otago: Evaluating English Accents Worldwide

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents the methodology and results of a research study into English accents around the world. (Published 2003)
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Origin of the Genus Homo

For Students 9th - 10th
The evolution of the Genus Homo is neatly laid out in a chronological fashion beginning with the key change that signaled the origin of Homo, through the evolutionary forms, finalizing with Homo sapiens.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Zoo Labs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Five inquiry-based investigations designed for the observation of primates in a zoo setting. The labs ask guiding questions and list notable primate behaviors.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Camping With the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Fletcher

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site that presents the story of Alice Fletcher who traveled to Dakota Territory to live with Sioux women. Click on dates on the calendar for diary entries. Also includes historic photo gallery.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson where students explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing up....
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Canela Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Journey to Brazil and visit the Canela Indians. Learn all about their culture and view artifacts and video footage.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Relative Dating in Archaeology [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Activities for the classroom that teach about stratigraphy and seriation, two methods used in the relative dating of objects in archaeology.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Structuralism Basic Premises

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent source for structuralism and its tenets and premises. Provides key works, methodologies, and criticisms. Thorough website.
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Make Your Own Mythic Mask or Puppet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own masks and puppets and bring the mythic creatures to life.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Environmental Struggles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Identifying the relationship between humans and the environment can be emphasized with these resources.
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Handout
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Native Alaskan Graphic Arts: Founding Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This colorful article portrays four Alaskan artists who became known for their drawings of traditional lifeways in Alaska. Near the bottom of the site, click on the name of an artist to learn lots more about each of them.
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Unit Plan
The Field Museum

The Boone Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A stunning collection of Asian art from China, Korea, and Japan. Also includes a section on Japanese women.
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Handout
University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba: Plano Indians 6000 b.c. 4000 b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the Caribou Lake Complex in Manitoba as a major archaeological unit. It was a campsite for Paleo-Indian, Archaic, and Woodland cultures. Excellent graphic showing stratification of remains.

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