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Cranston High School West Library: Lee - Honors Anthropology

WEEK 4 - Pre-Human Evolution

  • Australopithecus robustus**
  • Australopithecus boisei**
  • Australopithecus aethiopicus**
  • Australopithecus africanus
  • Australopithecus afarensis
  • Australopithecus anamensis
  • Ardipithecus ramidus
  • Orrorin tugenensis
  • Sahelanthropus tchadensis

**Genus for these may be listed as Paranthropus

 

RESOURCES

 

Science in Context

 

eBooks

 

WEEK 6 - Regions

Anthropology: Powerpoint 6

Your group will be assigned a specific region to research. Your research will focus on how the humans that live in that region have adapted to survive in that region. Your presentation should include the following information:

  • map/images of the region
  • brief description of the region, including some of the challenges with living there
  • description of some of the historical cultural groups that live in that region
  • description of some of the modern cultural groups that live in that region
  • description of how these groups have BIOLOGICALLY adapted to the region
  • description of how these groups have CULTURALLY adapted to the region
  • images of all groups / adaptations discussed

​​Powerpoints should be somewhere between 3-5 minutes long. Longer than that is fine, but they should not be less that 3 minutes.

**Powerpoints should be shared with or emailed to jlee@cpsed.net after presenting.

Topic List

  1. Arctic Circle
  2. Sahara Desert
  3. Himalaya Mountains
  4. Amazon Basin
  5. Andes Mountains
  6. Congo Basin
  7. Arabian Peninsula
  8. New Guinea
  9. Pacific Rim (Micronesia / Melanesia)

WEEK 7 - Modern Cultural Groups

Your group will be assigned a modern cultural group to research for the remainder of the year.

For your first presentation, you will research basic introductory information about your culture, and it should include the following information:

  • maps
  • historical information
  • global population
  • historical migrations
  • relations with neighboring groups
  • settlement patterns
  • interesting and unique aspects of the culture

Powerpoints should be somewhere between 3-5 minutes long. Longer than that is fine, but they should not be less that 3 minutes.

A good place to start is the eHRAF website.

**Powerpoints should be shared with or emailed to jlee@cpsed.net after presenting.

Topic List

  1. Bedouin (Middle East)
  2. Hausa (Western Africa)
  3. Sherpa (Central Asia)
  4. Tamil (South Asia)
  5. Jivaro [aka. Shuar] (Amazonia)
  6. Miskito (Central America)
  7. Maasai (Eastern Africa)
  8. Zulu (Southern Africa)
  9. Tuareg (Northern Africa)​​