Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. The drive to secure food and territory manifests in economic competition and resource hoarding. History provides ample evidence of this dynamic.

Humanities 98

Humanities Psychology Economics Group Identity 98

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, the scale of ochre extraction and the evident skill involved at Lion Cavern marks this site as a unique focal point in the history of human creativity and ritual. Ochre’s Role in Early Human Society Ochre, valued across cultures and eras, was more than a mere pigment; it was a cornerstone of symbolic and ceremonial life.

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Humanities Cultures Tradition 98

Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2025

This suggests the existence of extensive exchange networks during this period, highlighting a level of socio-economic complexity not typically attributed to hunter-gatherer groups.​ ​ Implications for the History of Metallurgy The discoveries at Gre Fılla necessitate a reevaluation of the origins of metallurgy.

Artifacts 90

Artifacts Archaeology Humanities History 90

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

One just has to refer to the history books to see how this has played out across the world since the beginning of time. Where there still is forced change turmoil, economic instability, and mistrust run rampant. This is also where it is sustained to the point that it becomes an embedded component of school and/or district culture.

K-12 348

K-12 Leadership Professional Development Cultures 348

Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. How were those pots used?

Archaeology 130

Archaeology Cultures Anthropology Heritage 130

Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In addition to providing needed heat, wood-hauling practices are an essential part of cultural identity. federal agencies existed, the Bears Ears area holds enduring cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance to the tribes of the region. However, Indigenous practices do not always fit neatly with U.S.

Cultures 107

Cultures Tradition Humanities Museum 107

TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

History Examples of student learning goals for history learners include: Analyze the causes and effects of significant historical events. Understand the cultural, social, and economic factors in history. Understand the cultural, social, and economic factors in history.

History 243

History Economics Humanities Cultures 243

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now. History class, students learned about the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and had to determine if Jackson was a highly successful president or a corrupt leader.

Library 266

Library History Cultures Educational Technology 266

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Students will love studying popular culture while immersing themselves in some pretty rad times! Political Culture Politics and culture came together during the 80s. Political Culture Politics and culture came together during the 80s. From political aspects to pop culture, there was always something going on.

Cultures 130

Cultures Social Studies Economics Tradition 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2019

I took multiple semesters of musical technique, history and theory as well as music education methods. Then I got to a middle school in the same district in a neighborhood with kids who were less economically advantaged. Here’s what is missing in music education: cultural and social relevance. I played in ensembles.

Cultures 111

Cultures Education Middle School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Jimenez Delgado, an undocumented student who was born in Mexico but grew up in the Los Angeles area, said that “coming to college, I felt like it was going to be a lot of culture clashing — and it wasn’t.” The clubs displayed cultural flags and handmade posters, blasted music and enticed potential recruits with Skittles, Kit Kats and Oreos.

Tutoring 133

Tutoring Social Science Cultures Research 133

ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2022

In order to create the systemic changes required to realize racial justice, we must transform ourselves into students and recommit to learning how our shared history influences modern practices. My organization, Facing History and Ourselves, and many others have been doing this necessary work.

History 102

History Teaching Civics Civic Engagement 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2025

For most of history, survival depended on relationships on families, communities and shared responsibility. We continue to treat relationships as secondary a soft issue compared to academic rigor or economic productivity. Yet in our relentless pursuit of data and efficiency, we have systematically devalued them.

Humanities 64

Humanities Economics Professional Development High School 64

Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions.

Anthropology 135

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 135

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Darryl Baca — the student who praised Mariscal after his classroom speech — epitomizes the entire history of Pelican Bay. The culture has evolved, We’re like a campus now.” He came to the prison in 1990, only months after it opened. While classmates support each other, many people at the prison “are making better choices now.

Education 125

Education Leadership Government Teaching 125

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. Unemployment dropped below 5 percent and the stock market soared, posting one of the best decades in history. That’s true for college students too.

Humanities 143

Humanities Economics History Psychology 143

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Those relations left a permanent mark on the Peninsula and the vestiges of Ancient Roman culture still abound not only there, but also in other countries which came under Iberian influence. Political, economic and commercial relations in the ancient times. Material culture remains from the Roman times on the Peninsula’s territory.

Cultures 52

Cultures Tradition History Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the last few years, the American education system has been bludgeoned by changes that have upended decades of progress toward better academic, economic and social outcomes for all. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Who suffers the most? The students.

Civic Engagement 128

Civic Engagement Education Civics K-12 128

Anthropology for Beginners

MAY 17, 2021

The long history of ethnographic research especially because of the dominant paradigm of functionalism, scholars have been of the perception that villages were self sufficient units that doesn’t really have a strong connection with the urban centres. Its population is relativelv homogeneous in culture of origin.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Tradition Economics Cultures 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

My journey as an immigrant from a small town in Africa’s smallest mainland country, The Gambia, to the biggest city in the United States, with its many diverse cultures, has given me a unique perspective. However, one teacher, my history teacher, seemed bothered that I had worn African attire to school. A Muslim lens. A male lens.

American History 122

American History High School Cultures History 122

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. Will history repeat? Related: How the last recession affected higher education.

Anthropology 144

Anthropology Social Science Sociology Humanities 144

Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

Micro-credentials have proven to be an economically feasible option for competency-based professional development, allowing educators to complete modules remotely in their classrooms or homes and earn continuing education credits. An increasing population of Latino/a residents has contributed to the cultural and social context of the region.

K-12 156

K-12 Professional Development Economics Learning Science 156

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2020

Schools hold the history and culture of a place through yearbooks, trophy cases, and photo archives. Whatever the reason a school has to close, something needs to fill the educational, economic, and social voids created by the closure. We use schools as polling stations and for neighborhood association meetings.

Economics 144

Economics Archiving Tradition Government 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

Housing segregation in Louisville has declined somewhat in recent years, but the city is still divided and Black Louisvillians are left out of economic opportunities ; Black poverty in the city and its surrounding county is three times that of white poverty. JCPS for the first time in its history has a majority of students of color.

Economics 144

Economics Elementary School History High School 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. The researchers controlled for students’ socio-economic status, race, home language and many other other student and school characteristics.

Social Studies 145

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

will ultimately shift the country’s power base: Nearly one in three Americans say they are extremely or very concerned that native-born Americans are losing “economic, political and cultural influence” in this country because of the growing population of immigrants. racism and global colonization.

Teaching 109

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 109

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

i] History of the usage: The word “peasant” appears in English in late medieval and early modern times, when it was used to refer to the rural poor, rural residents, serfs, agricultural laborers, and the “common” or “simple” people. [ii] Some scholars emphasized generic cultural or “folk” characteristics of peasants. [vi]

Anthropology 100

Anthropology Sociology Economics Cultures 100

ACRE

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Women have always worked, and yet their economic contributions are often undervalued. Her economic history research expands 200 years to provide an account of women’s participation in labor markets over time and describe the history of women’s continuing economic liberation. History: H.5.USH.8

Economics 52

Economics K-12 Civics History 52

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Students could discuss topics like the importance of friendship or how birthdays are celebrated differently in various cultures. We: The class explores the cultural or historical significance, discussing the work’s impact on society or a particular community.

Primary Sources 143

Primary Sources History Cultures Cultural Studies 143

Anthropology.net

MAY 24, 2024

These discoveries paint a vivid picture of recurrent human occupation during the early Middle Paleolithic period, suggesting sophisticated cultural connections with contemporaneous societies in the Caucasus and the Levant. 1 Vahdati Nasab, H., Berillon, G., Hashemi, S.M.

Heritage 105

Heritage Archaeology Artifacts Humanities 105

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Previous discoveries in Sulawesi include a 44,000-year-old painting depicting half-human hunters pursuing wild animals with spears and ropes, further emphasizing the region’s ancient cultural richness. Archaeological evidence in Australia dates back at least 60,000 years, highlighting the ancient roots of Aboriginal cultures.

Humanities 98

Humanities Heritage Archaeology Artifacts 98

Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Even with increased interactions through evangelizing, there have been growing anti-Chinese sentiments in Zambia in recent years, often based in economic inequalities between the countries. In this dimension, the interactions are not as straightforward as mere economic or political engagements. This greatly impressed Mr. Cheng.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Government Economics Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

To start with, colleges must consider factors other than the traditional standardized scores when recruiting underserved students from communities with few economic, health and educational resources. Dominican launched the Center for Cultural Liberation in 2020 to provide students of color with a place to gain a sense of belonging.

Tradition 138

Tradition Tutoring High School Cultures 138

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This caustic combination of biased or incomplete information and a lack in public awareness very easily fuels damaging stereotypes of Asians as perpetually and dangerously foreign and “taking over” what are seen as limited resources, especially during times of social and economic instability and widening gaps in wealth and income inequality.

K-12 144

K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 144

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 29, 2025

This years series will explore ideas and examples of transformational and adaptive leadership through history, mythology, philosophy, and material culture. Proposal deadline is February 10, 2025. Proposed cases may address current conversations related to the idea of transformational and adaptive leadership.

Leadership 52

Leadership Pedagogy Economics Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, which Jaida attends, history professor Carol Higham embodies how clarity, consistency and reliability add up to care. are paired with lighthearted multiple-choice responses, often riddled with pop culture references. Here’s what that care looks like. Care through consistency.

American History 131

American History History Economics Cultures 131

C3 Teachers

APRIL 10, 2022

You can address history, economics, sociology, you know all the facets of social studies. Some of the major goals were to address history told from multiple perspectives and told through a culturally responsive lens. You can do that through the Inquiry Design Model. We don’t use that word lightly in the district.

History 52

History Social Studies Sociology Professional Development 52