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Anthropological Foundations and Ethnographic Inquiry

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IL-SS

9 lessons

Goal

Understand the core concept of culture, the four-field anthropological approach, language-culture relationships, and the primary qualitative methods used in ethnographic fieldwork.

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  1. Defining Culture: Symbols, Values, and NormsUp next
  2. The Four-Field Approach in AnthropologyNot started yet
  3. Why Anthropologists Use a Holistic PerspectiveNot started yet
  4. Material versus Nonmaterial CultureNot started yet
  5. Enculturation: How Culture Is Learned and TransmittedNot started yet
  6. How Language Interacts With Other Cultural ElementsNot started yet
  7. Linguistic Relativity and the Sapir-Whorf HypothesisYou are here
  8. Ethnographic Fieldwork and Participant ObservationNot started yet
  9. Emic and Etic Perspectives in Cultural AnalysisNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-ilSS.Anth.1.9-12Illinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Analyze the elements of culture and explain the factors that shape these elements differently around the world.

us-ilSS.Anth.3.9-12Illinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain why anthropologists study culture from a holistic perspective.