This course introduces the theories, questions, and issues that are the major concerns of anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Students will develop an understanding of the way social scientists approach the topics they study and the research methods they employ. Students will be given opportunities to explore theories from a variety of perspectives and to become familiar with current thinking on a range of issues that have captured the interest of classical and contemporary social scientists in the three disciplines. Unit One - What makes us human?
Course Profile, What is human nature, culture? The Human Spark Questions Unit One: Homework Page
Power Point Presentations: Disciplines, Day 2&3 slideshow, Intro to Social Sciences, Intro to Anthropology, Evolution & Creation, Intro to Psychology, Web Site Links: Social Psychology Experiments, Bones TV Show, The Rant, Lost Generation , Instinct Race: Article and Questions | Student Interactive Sites Race: are we so different? Great interactive site http://www.understandingrace.org/home.html Donald Johanson’s (Lucy) site – Becoming Human – great short videos on evolution, archaeology Smithsonian interactive timeline – really cool link! Shows how climate may have contributed to change http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive Research resource sites Stock photos of anthropologists – good for making powerpoints etc. http://anthrophoto.com/MastAnthro.html Recent news articles – a lot of physical anthro and archaeology http://anthropology.tamu.edu/news/ Multicultural Canada – amazing resource on all Canada’s people |
