Note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change – any changes
will be made in RED on the schedule.
Introduction
Week 1. What is Anthropology?
Before Jan 23: Purchase textbook and review syllabus/schedule
Jan 23: CLASS - read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 1 pgs. 3-10
Jan 24: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 1 pgs. 11-20
Jan 25: CLASS - read Lavenda textbook, Module 1, pgs. 21-29
Jan 26: Do Online Media #1 (on Blackboard) - due by end of Fri.
I: Biological Anthropology
Week 2. Genetics and Evolution
Jan 30: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 2, pgs. 31-45
Feb 1: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 2, pgs. 46-58
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #2 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Week 3. Primatology and Early Origins of Man
Feb 6: Lavenda textbook, Chapter 3, pgs. 61-80
Feb 8: Lavenda textbook, Module 2, pgs. 81-93
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #3 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Week 4. The Origins of Homo sapiens
Feb. 13: read textbook, Chapter 4, pgs. 96-123
Feb. 15: read textbook, Chapter 4, pgs. 124-139
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #4 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Week 5. Review and Exam 1
Feb. 20: review: textbook Chps 1, 2, 3, 4 and notes
Feb 22:Exam 1
Week 6. Variation in Homo sapiens
Feb 27: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 5, pgs. 143-152
Mar 1: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 5, pgs. 153-167
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #5 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
II. Archaeology and Linguistics
Week 7. How We Discover the Past
Mar. 6: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 6, pgs. 169-189
Mar 8: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 6, pgs. 190-198
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #6 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Spring Break – Mar 13-17
Week 8. Domestication & The Rise of Civilization
Mar 20: review Lavenda textbook, Chapter 7, pgs. 201-222
Mar 22: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 7, pgs. 223-235
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #7 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Week 9: Human Culture and Cultural Change
Mar 27: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 8, pgs. 237-256
Mar 29: read Lavenda textbook, Module 3, pgs. 257-270
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #8 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Week 10: Report and Exam Week
Apr 5: Exam 2
Week 11. Anthropological Linguistics and Culture
Apr 10: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 9, pgs. 273-288
Apr 12: read Lavenda textbook, Module 4, pgs. 289-301
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #9 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
III. Ethnology
Week 12. Cultural Institutions I: Trade & Economics – The 3 R’s
Apr 17: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 11, pgs. 337-356
Apr 19: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 11, pgs. 357-361
Quiz on Wednesday
Online Media #10 (Blackboard) - due by end of day Friday
Week 13. Cultural Inst. II: Global Stratification and
Political Organization—The 3 P’s
Apr 24: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 12, pgs. 363-384
Apr 26: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 12, pgs. 385-391
Quiz on Wednesday
OPTIONAL Online Media #B1 (Blackboard) - due by end of Fri.
Week 14. Cultural Inst. III: Indigeneity Amidst Globalization
May 1: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 15
May 3: read Lavenda textbook, Chapter 15
Quiz on Wednesday
OPTIONAL Online Media #B2 (Blackboard) - due by end of Fri.
Week 15. Week of May 8: Final Exam
Review ALL assigned Lavenda textbook readings and notes
(see final exam review sheet)
TBA: Final Exam
See Final Exam Schedule on college website/Blackboard