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Ms. Russo

Room: 221

Period: 2A

Course Description: Culture anthropology is a one-semester elective course offered at ALJ. In the course students will study the cultural aspects of human societies all over the world. In the United States, culture anthropology is one of the four subfields of anthropology, with the other three being archaeology, biological/physical, and linguistics. While this course will focus on culture anthropology, all subfields study aspects of past or present humans as well as overlap greatly and therefore all four will be explored. Students will practice critical thinking skills to evaluate evidence to help them explore the answers to some of the most basic questions about ourselves and others—How and why did humans evolve? How did human culture develop? Why do there appear to be so many differences between cultures? They will also learn the techniques and methods used in this field and practice applying them through hands on activities and exercises.