AIM:
Do Now: Form a “profile” of each house based on the garbage that is waiting to be collected:
Blue House:
Pink House:
ANTHROPOLOGY (Anthropos=human/ Logia=study)
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The field of study that tries to understand humankind, from the beginning, millions of years ago, up to
the present day. Anthropology looks at how people's cultures change over time, and how people and
their cultures are both similar and different.
Complete the following “Want Ad” for an anthropologist:
ANTHROPOLOGIST
Job Description:
Personality Traits Required:
Example of Work Done:
ARCHAEOLOGIST- a scientist who studies past people and cultures by digging up
and examining artifacts—objects made and left behind by human beings—to find
out about their way of life. Archaeologists are interested in animal bones, plant
remains, and certain stone materials that have a clear relationship to human
activity. Bones and plants can help reveal what past people ate and details about
the environments that they lived in. Certain stones interest archaeologists if they
were used for making tools or building a structure. Natural features like caves may
be of value if they were used or lived in by humans. Since dinosaurs lived long
before the first humans, archaeologists DO NOT search for or study dinosaur
bones.
1. Why do archaeologists dig up and examine artifacts?
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2. What types of things are archaeologists interested in finding?
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3. Why don’t archaeologists dig for dinosaur bones? Who does dig for dinosaur bones?
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SOCIOLOGY examines how humans interact with each other and how human behavior is influenced by social
groups, social categories (age, gender, class, race, etc.), and social institutions (politics, religion, education, etc.).
Answer the following questions:
Name 10 of your neighbors. Name 10 of your Facebook friends.
When was the last time you went to a friend's house? When was the last time you texted a friend?
In one week, how many times do you play sports with friends? Play online gaming with friends?
When was the last time you approached someone in person to ask them to be your friend? When was the last
time you friend requested someone on AIM or Facebook?
Translate the following:
lol:_______________________________________
NASA:_______________________________________________
idk:______________________________________
SCUBA:______________________________________________
ttyl:______________________________________
CPR:________________________________________________
ily:______________________________________
PSYCHOLOGY is a science dedicated to the study of behavior and mental processes. Behaviors are actions that
can be directly observed, while mental processes are experiences that cannot be observed directly, such as
thoughts and feelings.
If a person in a position of authority ordered you to deliver a 400-volt electrical shock to another person,
would you follow orders? Most people would answer this question with a definite no, but Yale University
psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of obedience experiments during the 1960s that demonstrated
surprising results. When Milgram asked this question to a group of Yale University students, it was predicted
that no more than 3 out of 100 participants would deliver the maximum shock. In reality, 65% of the
participants in Milgram’s study delivered the maximum shocks!
What do you think this reveals about human nature?
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ECONOMICS is the study of how people use their limited resources to satisfy their unlimited needs and wants.
Resources include the time and talent people have available, the land, buildings, equipment, and other tools on
hand, and the knowledge of how to combine them to create useful products and services.
Guns vs. Butter Curve
*Guns=military spending *Butter=food
1. How much butter is produced when only 20 guns are made?
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2. How much butter is produced when 180 guns are made?
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3. Why do you think the amount of butter produced decreased
so much?
POLITICAL SCIENCE is the study of how governments form and develop over time. Political scientists study
everything from revolutions to political parties to voting behavior to the way leaders run their countries.
Based on
this
infographic,
who do you
think will
win the
2012
Presidential
election?
Name:________________________________________
Mr. Carmody
Homework #2
Date:___________________
Social Studies 7
1. Which of the following is the most accurate statement about archaeologists and anthropologists?
1.
2.
3.
4.
They have nothing in common.
They do exactly the same thing.
They use different methods to learn about the past.
They use the same evidence to explain about the past.
2. People who study physical artifacts, such as bones, pots, baskets and buildings, to learn about the activities of
people from past civilizations are called
1.
2.
3.
4.
historians
archaeologists
librarians
teachers
3. Archaeologists study the past by paying close attention to
1.
2.
3.
4.
written records
oral accounts
biological changes
physical artifacts
4. In which field of study do people learn about the development of early human
beings?
1.
2.
3.
4.
economics
cartography
political science
anthropology
The four speakers are talking about a society that is extinct (no longer exists).
Speaker A: The leader of this society was elected once a year. He collected taxes. There was a rebellion when
people thought the taxes were too high.
Speaker B: This society probably never had more than 400 members. Several clans lived along the riverbanks
and worked together. Parents arranged marriages for their children.
Speaker C: The tools found at the site show that this was a farming community. The homes and religious
buildings are similar to others found in this river valley.
Speaker D: Pollen left over in the pots found at the site show that many different flowers grew in this area. The
climate was very good for growing rice.
5. Which speaker is probably an archaeologist?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A
B
C
D
7. Which speaker is probably a political scientist?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A
B
C
D
6. Which speaker is probably an anthropologist?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A
B
C
D
8. Which speaker is probably an economist?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A
B
C
D
9. Economists study
1.
2.
3.
4.
past civilizations by examining artifacts.
social relationships, such as social classes and social mobility.
government and how people choose their leaders.
how good and services are made, bought & sold, and used
10. Which social scientist primarily studies how people change resources into goods and services?
1.
2.
3.
4.
archaeologist
sociologist
economist
psychologist
11. An economist studies how
1.
2.
3.
4.
humans meets their needs with limited resources
profits are made in business
taxes are collected and the money spent
education affects the technological development of a nation
Job Description:
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studies the human mind and human behavior
uses knowledge and research to solve problems such as treating
mental illnesses
conducts studies and experiments with human participants
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12. Which job is being described in this list of activities?
1.
2.
3.
4.
political scientist
psychologist
economist
anthropologist