Anthropology Textbook

For Teachers

Any instructor who teaches anthropology can consider this textbook replacement course an excellent resource for their classroom. The lessons in this course provide high quality instruction and cover the same or even more information than that found in most anthropology textbooks.

How it works

The short, engaging video lessons on topics like linguistic, physical and archaeological anthropology are perfect for briefly introducing an anthropology topic and initiating class discussion. The chapter and lesson structure is similar to traditional anthropology textbooks, making a transition to digital learning simple and straightforward. Just like you'd assign textbook reading assignments, you can assign one or more video lessons to your students conveniently through the website and even review them in class to initiate discussion or class projects.

• Identify the chapter in this course that corresponds with your curriculum or lesson plan.
• Assign one or more of the short and engaging video lessons as homework.
• In class, engage students in discussions and/or interactive activities that focus on the lesson topics.
• Use the lesson quizzes and chapter exams to test your students' understanding of structural functionalism, cultural ecology and DNA replication.
• Submit questions, feedback or suggestions to our expert instructors from your Dashboard.

For Administrators

Cut your textbook costs with Study.com's online anthropology textbook. Our courses cost less than traditional textbooks and are more engaging and interactive. For the same cost, your teachers and students can access all of the courses in our library, including textbooks, common core, AP courses and more.

The Benefits

• Cost Effective: Using our anthropology textbook can save schools hundreds if not thousands of dollars typically spent on physical textbooks.
• Engaging Content: Unlike dry textbook instruction, our lessons bring cytokinesis, meiosis, genetics, epistasis and other anthropology topics to life while providing a high level of quality education.
• Exceptional Instructors: The lessons are taught by outstanding educators who make concepts like animal domestication and gene expression easy to understand.
• Simple and Versatile: Teachers and students can access this anthropology and any Study.com course from any computer or mobile device.
• Student Progress Monitoring: Each lesson, chapter and course integrates assessment quizzes and exams that let teachers evaluate the effectiveness of the material and student comprehension of anthropology topics.
• Help Students Keep Up: Teachers can assign lessons directly from the course to students who need further help with specific anthropology topics or who missed class.

For Students

Study.com offers you the solution to packing around multiple heavy textbooks from class to home every day. Using our fully online anthropology textbook course offers convenience, fun video lessons, outstanding instructors, and relief from back pain!

Using the Course

Using the course is simple. You can find any topic you're currently studying in anthropology class, or if your school uses this course in the classroom, you can get your assignments through links sent by your teacher via email. Even if your school uses traditional textbooks, you'll find this course offers a great supplement and brings anthropology lessons to life. The short videos give you an easy, fun and helpful way to better understand and absorb anthropology theories, eras and periods.

• Identify the anthropology topics you're studying in class, or click on the lesson links sent to you.
• View the short and engaging anthropology video lessons.
• Use the lesson quizzes and chapter exams to test your understanding of topics like the human fossil record, the geologic time scale and paleolithic archaeology.
• Submit questions to our expert instructors for additional help with any anthropology topic covered in the course.

Why It Works

Our anthropology course supports your individual learning style and your lifestyle. Check out some of the helpful and practical ways this course can be valuable to you as well as the advantages to having a complete resource to complement your classroom lessons.

• Fun Videos: Our lessons entertain while they teach you about fossil preservation, prehistoric human migrations, and Sumerian architecture and art.
• Helpful Instructors: In addition to being subject-matter experts in anthropology, our instructors are available to help you with any questions you have related to the course.
• Accessible: You can access this anthropology course and view the video lessons from any computer or mobile device from home or on the go.
• Learn Your Way: Whether you learn better through discussion, viewing the video or reading the lesson transcript, we've got you covered.
• Keeping Up in Class: If you need to miss class or don't quite understand an anthropology concept, you can use this course to make sure you don't fall behind.

Chapter Topics

• Study physical, cultural and archaeological anthropology along with geologic time
• Discover the correlation between chromosomes, molecules and inheritance
• Discuss population genetics and Mendel's laws
• Learn about the processes involved in mutations as well as DNA damage and repair
• Read about the origins of human beings, our dispersal throughout the environment and the effects of this process
• Explain the ways in which animals and plants become domesticated
• Explore ethnicity and land resources according to geography
• Study the relationship between culture and art
• Read about various forms of human communication and spatial processes
• Learn about the settlements of humans in different areas, and discuss the societies and economic systems that were created
• Explain the characteristics of marriage and family
• Describe different kinds of religious and political organizations
• Explore theoretical perspectives and applications of anthropology