- Your choice of three versions of the textbook:
- Introduction
to Physical Anthropology, Eighth Edition, (2000),
Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson, Lynn Kilgore, and Wenda Trevathan
(ISBN: 0534514634)
- Essentials
of Physical Anthropology, Fourth Edition, (2001),
Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson, Lynn Kilgore, and Wenda Trevathan
(ISBN: 0-534-57816-0)
- This is, well, one version of "the essentials"
- 444 -- 8 X 10 " pages, vs. 532 -- 8 1/2 X 11"
pages
- One might, for e.g., use this version along with a book
of readings, such as Annual
Editions: Physical Anthropology 01/02 (2001,
McGraw-Hill, 0-07-243330-2)
[This is about the only element not currently
available from Wadsworth Thompson.]
- Understanding
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, Seventh Edition,
(1999), William A. Turnbaugh, Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson,
and Lynn Kilgore (ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-53451-1)
- This is the same basic book with the addition of chapters
on "Domestication and Agriculture," "The
Rise of Ancient Civilizations," and "New World
Civilizations"
- On-line Web Text
Resources:
- Text Chapter Resources
- Hypercontents
- Flashcards
- Quizzes
- Internet
Projects
- Study Guide
- Thompson
Learning Web Tutor
- Available on WebCT or Blackboard A great study tool,
a great course management tool! This Web-based learning
tool helps professors take the physical anthropology
course beyond classroom boundaries to an anywhere, anytime
environment. Students have access to study tools that
correspond chapter by chapter and topic by topic with
the book, including flashcards (with audio), practice
quizzes, and online tutorials. Professors can use Web
Tutor to provide virtual office hours, post syllabi,
set up threaded discussions, and track student progress
on the practice quizzes. Web Tutor is easily customizable
to specific course needs.
- ANTHROPOLOGYonline
the Wadsworth Anthropology Resource Center
- Forum
- For UMD Prehistoric Cultures we use the forum boards developed
by Tom Bacig: PCforum
instead of the one provided by Wadsworth
- Author!
Author! -- introduction to the author in his own words
- Infotrac®
College Edition
- Infotrac® College Edition is an online library that is available
at no extra cost with each new copy of a Wadsworth anthropology
text. This virtual library gives you access to thousands of
searchable full-length articles -- not abstracts -- from more
than 900 scholarly and popular periodicals.
- Infotrac
at UMD
- UMD has a related service: JSTORE
- CD-ROM: Virtual
Laboratories for Physical Anthropology, Second Edition,
(2000), John
Kappelman (ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-53376-0 )
- On-line Web Resources
CD-ROM Virtual Lab:
- Other Supplementary Materials:
- Anthropology:
Exploring the Internet
- A full-colored brochure containing 75 URLs for anthropology
sites
- Let's
Go Anthropology: Researching Anthropology on the Internet,
(1998) Joan Ferrante (ISBN: 053453113X)
- Instructor's Manual with Test Items for Introduction
to Physical Anthropology, Eighth Edition, (2000), Robert
Jurmain, Harry Nelson, Lynn Kilgore, and Wenda Trevathan
(ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-51446-4)
- Lab
Manual for Physical Anthropology, Fourth Edition, (2001),
Diane L. France (ISBN: 0-534-51462-6)
- Study Guide for Introduction to Physical Anthropology,
Eighth Edition (ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-51445-6)
- CNN Today Videos: Physical Anthropology
- Two Videotapes containing thirty-six 2:00 - 4:39 news segments
from CNN
- These are intended to be used to "launch your lectures
with riveting footage from CNN"
- These videos "allow you to integrate the news gathering
and programming power of CNN into the classroom to show students
the relevance of physical anthropology topics to their everyday
lives
- Wadsworth Anthropology Video Library
- Two free selections from 23 full-length anthropology videos
- Transparency Acetates
- Over 70 overhead transparencies of artwork from the text
- 35 mm Slides
- Color slides of art found in the text
- ExamView
- Cross-platform CD-ROM allows you to create, deliver, and customize
tests and study guides (both print and online)
- AnthroLink 2001
- CD-ROM in PowerPoint
- plus 350 + images, art, figures, and tables from the texts
and video clips
B. Locally Available Traditional AV Materials:
- Over 3000 35-mm slides developed for the course over the last
30 years
- Nineteen 16-mm
and Video programs specially selected to supplement traditional
course lectures.
C. Locally Produced WebBased Materials:
- At the top of this page items are alphabetized
by subject, A - Z , offering hundreds of pages tailor-made
for the course
- At the top of this page pop-down menus
offer access to main topics / areas of the course
- Hot-buttoned in-class PowerPoint presentations available on the
web.
For e.g., Selected Major Prehistoric Discoveries / Events ca.
1850 - Present
- Class
Slides Set #09 -- Selected Major
Discoveries . . .
(These are suitable for cable modum or on-campus download
only)
- Prehistoric Cultures Class
Site Map
C. Picking from the Smörgåsbord
In the end, picking from available
alternatives falls back to low-tech / no-tech principles
that have endured the ages.
Selections should be driven by
considerations of:
Audience
. . .
Purpose
. . .
Personal Style
. . .
- How do you want to do it ?
- What works best for you ?
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