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Teaching
eHRAF: Homework Exercises, Individual Papers, Classroom Assignments, and Group
Projects...and more
Web-based
teaching resources for anthropology and archaeology have become
increasingly popular as students use the internet, digital libraries, and
Web-based databases for their research projects and homework
assignments. Teaching eHRAF is intended to be an innovative,
interdisciplinary teaching resource for colleges and high schools aimed at
providing faculty with ideas about how to use eHRAF in their curricula.
Please read the Introduction
for a better understanding of the nature of Teaching eHRAF.
This page is updated
frequently. Please check back for new lessons!
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Students
learning eHRAF at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
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1.
General Anthropology
- 1.1.
An eHRAF Workbook for Introductory Anthropology Courses, Level
I, —Diverse topics in anthropology such as kinship, cosmology,
witchcraft, storytelling, feuding, etc., by Ian Skoggard.
- 1.2.
Ethnology and Ethnography in Anthropology, Level III—eHRAF
assignment: group presentation/individual paper, by Dianna Shandy.
- 1.3.
Overview of Cultures and Ethnic Groups, Level I, —General
topics regarding cultures, by Christiane Cunnar.
- 1.4.
Soc. Anthro: Short Paper on Basis of Marriage and Arranging a Marriage,
Level II, by Brad R. Huber
- 1.5.
Anthropology of Religion: Short Paper on Sacred Objects and Places and
on Animism, Level II, by Brad R. Huber
- 1.6.
Native Peoples in South America: A Comparative Ethnography,
Level III, by Howard Kress
- 1.7.
A Cross-Cultural Study of Violence, Level III, by Nicola
Tannenbaum
- 1.8.
Explorations in Cross Cultural Anthropology, Level III, by Nicola
Tannenbaum
- 1.9.
Basic Cross-Cultural Research Assignment, Level II, by Brian
Mooney
- 1.10.
Ecological Function of a Behavioral Institution in a Nomadic Society,
A Short Paper, Level II, by Dan Strouthes
- 1.11.
Ecological Function of a Behavioral Insitution in a Pastoral or
Horticultural Society, A Short Paper, Level II, by Dan Strouthes
- 1.12.
Political Function of a Religious Institution, A Short Paper, Level II, by
Dan Strouthes
- 1.13.
Ritual Kinship, A Short Paper, Level II, by Dan Strouthes
- 1.14.
Cross-Cultural Correlation Study (5-7 Page Paper), Level III,
by Vicki Bentley-Condit
- 1.15.
Library Assignment: Finding Anthropological Resources (5-7 Page
Paper and Bibliography), Level III,
by Jerome M. Levi
- 1.16.
Culture and Aging (A Research Project in Completed
Fertility & Subsistence Practices, Productivity & Aging, and
Social Networks & Aging), Level III,
by Sara E. Johnson
- 1.17.
Eating Salt and Symbols: Exploring the Relationship of Biology and Culture with eHRAF
Level III, by Susan Parman
2. General
Archaeology
3. Medical
Anthropology
- 3.1.
Topics in Medical Anthropology, Level II—Topics on illness
causation, medical systems, ethnobotany, and ethnozoology, by
Christiane Cunnar
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3.2.
Causes of Disease, Level I, by Christiane Cunnar.
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3.3.
Reproductive Health, Level II—Topics on menstruation,
conception, pregnancy, and childbirth, by Christiane Cunnar.
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3.4.
Medical Anthropology: Short Paper on Nutrition (OCM 146),
Level II, by Brad R. Huber
4.
Research Methods
- 4.1.
Anthropological Research Methods--Project #1: Research Questions and
Hypotheses, Level IV, by Brad R. Huber
- 4.2.
Anthropological Research Methods--Project #2: HRAF Data Recovery,
Level IV, requires the use of the statistical software
program SPSS, by Brad Huber.
- 4.3.
Anthropological Research Methods--Project #3: Group Poster
Presentation, Level IV, by Brad R. Huber
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4.4.
Cross-Cultural Comparison with the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
Database, Level III--A 50-Minute Computer Lab Group
Assignment; links to the class syllabus for Methods and Analysis for
Anthropology and to other assignments such as pollster statistics,
unobstrusive observations,etc., by Bruce Freeman
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4.5.
Tattooing and Techniques of Cross-Cultural Research, Level
IV--Includes a syllabus, basic steps of a cross-cultural study,
outline of a study paper, outline of a conference paper, hypotheses,
sample coding sheet and more, by William Divale
The student exercises above are teaching resources
that contain varying topics and styles and can be used in conjunction with
HRAF's two databases: the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography and the eHRAF
Collection of Archaeology. Each chapter is assigned a level of
difficulty:
Level I - student reads passage of
text in eHRAF and answers fixed questions (answer provided to
instructors), may involve some directed searches in eHRAF.
Level II - strategic searching in eHRAF with some direction.
Level III - research oriented exercises involving eHRAF and other
research materials; moderately structured with some direction.
Level IV - more independent development of research and search
strategies.
Contributors
List
If you have questions, suggestions, and/or would like to contribute
assignments or exercises for Teaching eHRAF, please contact HRAF at
1-800-520 (or 203-764-9401) or email hraf@yale.edu.
Other Resources for Teaching:
Rice, Patricia C. and David
W. McCurdy, eds. Strategies in Teaching Anthropology, 2nd ed. Upper
Saddle River, NJ:Prentice Hall. 2002. See http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0130340707,00.html
for more information.
Experience Rich Anthropology - Several different
component projects and readings at http://era.anthropology.ac.uk.
Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing -
Ethnography Atlas: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/uncgi/Ethnoatlas/atlas.vopts.
Anthropological Index Online - published by the Royal
Anthropological Institute - for online bibliographical searching at http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html.

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