Anthropology 101
Welcome
Course Notes
How To Navigate This Book
Course Units
Course Activities
Course Communities
Communication Tools
1
Understanding Culture
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Resources
1.1
What is Anthropology? What is Cultural Anthropology?
Activity: Read and Reflect
1.2
What is Culture?
Activity: Watch and Reflect
1.3
Asking Questions, Making Connections, and Trying New Things
Activity: Read, Watch, and Reflect
Assessment
Checking your Learning
2
Fieldwork
2.1
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Topic 2 Resource
Learning Lab
Assessment
Resources
2.2
Perception –
How You See and Experience Culture
Learning Activity
2.3
Fieldwork –
How to Study Culture
Resources
Activity: Reading
Learning Lab
Looking Ahead…
Assessment
Ethnography Challenge - Activity #1
2.4
Unit Test #1
Checking your Learning
3
Understanding Livelihoods (Subsistence and Economics)
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Learning Activities
Learning Lab
Resources
3.1
Subsistence Systems
Resources
Activity
3.1.1
🎥 Watch and Reflect -
Human Mammals, Human Hunter | Attenborough | Life of Mammals| BBC(7:09)
3.2
Economics
Topic 2 Resources
Activity Reading
3.3
Tools and Technologies
3.4
Learning Lab
Assessment
Activity: Reading
Unit Summary
Assessment
Checking for Learning
4
Understanding Social Structures of Family
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Learning Lab
Assessment
Topic 1 Resources
4.1
Kinship and Descent
Resources
Activity
4.2
Marriage and Family
Topic 2 Resources
Activity Learning
4.3
Learning Lab
4.4
Assessment
5
Identity
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Resources
5.1
Learning Lab
Assessment
Resources
5.2
Race and Ethnicity
Topic 1 Resources
Activity:
5.3
Gender and Sexuality
Topic 2 Resources
Activity
5.4
Learning Lab
Discussion - Comparing Cultures
Discussion - The RACE Illusion
5.5
Assessment
Activity: UnThing Experiment - Assignment
Unit Test #2
Checking your Learning
6
Language
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Resources
6.1
The Fundamentals of Language
6.2
Descriptive Linguistics
Resources
Activity
6.3
Sociolinguistics
6.3.1
Resources
Activity: Reading
6.4
Language Diversity, Learning, Change, and Preservation
6.5
Topic 4 Resources
6.5.1
Activity: Watch and Reflect
Learning Lab
6.6
Assessment
Checking Your Learning
7
Art Forms and Cultural Expression
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Topic 1 Resources
Learning Activity
Learning Lab
Assessment
Resources
7.1
Art as an Anthropological Study
Topic 1 Resources
Activity: Reading
7.2
Art Forms - Art, Music, and Dance
Learning Activity : Explore Art (Part 1) - La Antigua Galeria de Arte
7.3
Expressive Culture
7.3.1
Learning Activity
Learning Lab
Assessment
7.4
Unit Test #3
Checking Your Learning
8
Religion and Rites
Overview
Topics
Activity Checklist
Topic Resources
Learning Lab
8.1
Assessment
Resources
8.2
Aspects and Elements of Religion
Topic 1 Resources
Activity
Topic 2 Resources
Activity
Discussion - Religion and Beliefs
Belief Systems:
From Magic and to Religions
Topic 2 Resources
Activity
Rituals:
Form vs Faith
Learning Lab
Activity: Watch and Reflect
Assessment
Checking Your Learning
9
Authority – Political Anthropology
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Activity Checklist
Topic 1 Resources
Learning Lab
Assessment
Resources
Levels of Social Integration
Topic 1 Resources
Activity: Reading
9.1
Nations and Nation-States
Learning Lab
Activity: Watch and Reflect
9.2
Assessment
Checking Your Learning
10
Engaging with the World Around You
Overview
Topics
Learning Outcomes
Learning Lab
Assessment
Culture Trait Presentation
Guidelines
Assessment
UnEssay Project
How do I Proceed?
UnEssay Resources
Additional Support
Checking Your Learning
Learning Activity
UnEssay Resources
Additional Support
11
Course Assignments
Assessment
Assignment:
Grading Criteria
Assignment: Company Website Analysis
Company Website Analysis Rubric
Assignment: Platform Paper
Platform Paper Rubric
References
Unit 1
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
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Anthropology 101
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
The Musqueam (Coast Salish peoples) dance in Steveston (Richmond), B.C. This picture was taken on an ANTH101 class field trip. Photo by Ruth Anaya