Largish lecture courses with teaching assistants

Margaret BeckDepartment of Anthropology

Presentation and course goals

• Highlight information and improve ease of review

• Engage and involve students• Set up further work in discussion

sections• Save time for instructor when teaching

material again

Brulé Sioux ration card and beaded case, late 1800s. Native Universe, p. 133

Kiowa outside a government commissary, ca. 1870, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Native Universe, p. 133

The Contact Period• Movement and

resettlement– Movement due to

pressures from other groups or forcible resettlement

• Near extermination of bison– 60 million bison in 1800

to < 1000 in 1895

Brulé Sioux ration card and beaded case, late 1800s. Native Universe, p. 133

Kiowa outside a government commissary, ca. 1870, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Native Universe, p. 133

The Contact Period• Movement and

resettlement– Movement due to

pressures from other groups or forcible resettlement

• Near extermination of bison– 60 million bison in 1800

to < 1000 in 1895

Brulé Sioux ration card and beaded case, late 1800s. Native Universe, p. 133

Kiowa outside a government commissary, ca. 1870, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Native Universe, p. 133

The Contact Period• Movement and

resettlement– Movement due to

pressures from other groups or forcible resettlement

• Near extermination of bison– 60 million bison in 1800

to < 1000 in 1895

Chiefly Warfare Cult or Southern Cult

• Chiefly cult of elite nobles based on warfare

• Identified by– Specific motifs and symbols– Exotic raw materials (copper, marine

shells)– Markers of chiefly office (monolithic

axes, copper pendants and plates, shell disks or gorgets, decorated vessels, engraved shell cups)

Terms and concepts

• Arctic circle• Arctic environment

– Location, climate, geography, vegetation

• Time periods (Paleoindian, Archaic, Contact, and modern)

• Thule tradition

• Material culture and technology– Kayak, umiak, toggle

harpoon, ulu• Colonization and

spread of people across Arctic

• Effects of European contact

• Linguistic and cultural divisions

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.

Will not appear on ICON

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.

Will not appear on ICON

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.• T or F? Teepees are a relatively recent

invention on the Great Plains.

Will not appear on ICON

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.• T or F? Teepees are a relatively recent invention

on the Great Plains.• How do we know that some Plains groups

were farmers 1,000 years ago?

Will not appear on ICON

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.• T or F? Teepees are a relatively recent invention

on the Great Plains.• How do we know that some Plains groups were

farmers 1,000 years ago?• What is a travois?

Will not appear on ICON

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.• T or F? Teepees are a relatively recent invention

on the Great Plains.• How do we know that some Plains groups were

farmers 1,000 years ago?• What is a travois?• The “point system” in battle, termed ______,

involved touching rather than killing the opponent.

Will not appear on ICON

Practice questions• T or F? Plains hunters could not kill large

numbers of bison at once without the horse.• T or F? Teepees are a relatively recent invention

on the Great Plains.• How do we know that some Plains groups were

farmers 1,000 years ago?• What is a travois?• The “point system” in battle, termed ______,

involved touching rather than killing the opponent.• How is the High Plains different from the

Prairie Plains?

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Geography and environment

• Cold climate• Large bodies of

water• Icy terrain• Paucity of

vegetationAtanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Lecture format

Discussion format

What is represented here?

Shell gorget, diameter 10 cm Reproduction of shell gorget (Etowah, GA)

Apply course material

What is represented here?

Shell gorget, diameter 10 cm

Apply course material

Necklaces of pearl beads from Craig Mound, Spiro. The pearls were obtained

from freshwater mussels.

Ceremonial mace from Pike County, Illinois, made from

Mill Creek chert.

What is represented here?

Reproduction of shell gorget (Etowah, GA)

Apply course material

Deer Mask (Craig Mound, Spiro Mounds, OK, A.D. 1200–1400); red cedar and marine shell, 29.2 x 15.9 cm

Discussion sections

http://www.starpulse.com/Television/Jeopardy/gallery/JEOPARDYTVS03/

Review

massive brow ridges

occipital bunApply

DiscussQ. How did agriculture change human societies?

Saving time• Standardize

PowerPoint format• Caption images• Use repetition to

reinforce material– Base review sheets and

exam questions on terms, concepts and practice questions

• Type lecture notes for each slide

“Jay’s World” by Edward Piercy (May 20, 2009). http://my.opera.com/edwardpiercy/blog/index.dml/tag/Photography