Anthropology I: Uncovering Human Mysteries
Course Description:
The aim of anthropology is to use a broad approach to gain an understanding of the past, present, and future, as well as address the problems humans face in biological, social, and cultural life. This course will explore the evolution, similarity and diversity of mankind through time. It will look at how we have evolved from a biologically and culturally weak species to one that has the ability to cause catastrophic change or amazing innovation. Exciting online video journeys to different areas of the world will also be presented in this course.
Course Details:
| Course Title (District): |
Anthropology I: Uncovering Human Mysteries |
| Course Title (NCES SCED) : |
Anthropology |
| Course Provider : |
Michigan Virtual |
| Content Provided By : |
Florida Virtual School |
| Online Instructor Provided By : |
Michigan Virtual |
| Standards Addressed : |
CCSS, NCAA |
| Ailgnment Document : |
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kcDUesiJHZdusIiYss4iDAelFYJI2ZFw |
| Academic Terms : |
Accelerated, Semester, Trimester |
| NCES SCED Code : |
| Subject Area : |
Social Sciences and History |
| Course Identifier : |
Anthropology |
| Course Level : |
(G) General or Regular |
| Available Credit : |
0.5 |
| Sequence : |
1 of 1 |
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Additional Course Information:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (888) 889-2840
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to…
- Explain what culture is and how and why anthropologists, like scientists, study it.
- Identify and analyze the role of language and language acquisition in culture.
- Describe the various early primates and the theory of evolution.
- Compare and contrast the way humans vary.
- Evaluate subsistence culture and the social purposes food serves.
- Interpret a variety of archaeological artifacts and their significance on societies.
- Describe the importance of kinship and how it varies among societies.
- Delineate among religious myths, practices, and moral codes.
INACOL Online Course Quality Standards
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| The course content and assignments are aligned with the state’s content standards, Common Core curriculum, or other accepted content standards set for Advanced Placement® courses, technology, computer science, or other courses whose content is not included in the state standards. |
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| The course content and assignments are of sufficient rigor, depth and breadth to teach the standards being addressed. |
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| Information literacy and communication skills are incorporated and taught as an integral part of the curriculum. |
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| Multiple learning resources and materials to increase student success are available to students before the course begins. |
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| The goals and objectives clearly state what the participants will know or be able to do at the end of the course. The goals and objectives are measurable in multiple ways. |
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| Course Overview and Introduction |
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| Clear, complete course overview and syllabus are included in the course. |
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| Course requirements are consistent with course goals, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated. |
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| Information is provided to students, parents and mentors on how to communicate with the online instructor and course provider. |
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Provided in the Michigan Virtual Blackboard learning management system (LMS). |
| Legal and Acceptable Use Policies |
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| The course reflects multi-cultural education, and the content is accurate, current and free of bias or advertising. |
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| Expectations for academic integrity, use of copyrighted materials, plagiarism and netiquette (Internet etiquette) regarding lesson activities, discussions, and e-mail communications are clearly stated. |
Fully Met
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Provided in the Michigan Virtual Blackboard LMS. |
| Privacy policies are clearly stated. |
Fully Met
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Provided in the Michigan Virtual Blackboard LMS. |
| Instructor Resources |
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| Online instructor resources and notes are included. |
Partially Met
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Only includes answer keys, no resources included. |
| Assessment and assignment answers and explanations are included. |
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| Instructional and Audience Analysis |
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| Course design reflects a clear understanding of all students’ needs and incorporates varied ways to learn and master the curriculum. |
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| Course, Unit and Lesson Design |
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| The course is organized by units and lessons that fall into a logical sequence. Each unit and lesson includes an overview describing objectives, activities, assignments, assessments, and resources to provide multiple learning opportunities for students to master the content. |
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| Instructional Strategies and Activities |
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| The course instruction includes activities that engage students in active learning. |
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| The course and course instructor provide students with multiple learning paths, based on student needs that engage students in a variety of ways. |
Partially Met
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The course is reading-centric and does provide students limited ways to access and interact with the material. |
| The course provides opportunities for students to engage in higher-order thinking, critical reasoning activities and thinking in increasingly complex ways. |
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| The course provides options for the instructor to adapt learning activities to accommodate students’ needs. |
Fully Met
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Instructors cannot add additional assignments or change lessons due to standards addressed, but can add resources for enrichment. |
| Readability levels, written language assignments and mathematical requirements are appropriate for the course content and grade-level expectations. |
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There is a lot of reading in this course, which may be suitable for higher hs grades |
| Communication and Interaction |
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| The course design provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student interaction, including opportunities for timely and frequent feedback about student progress. |
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| The course design includes explicit communication/activities (both before and during the first week of the course) that confirms whether students are engaged and are progressing through the course. The instructor will follow program guidelines to address non-responsive students. |
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Michigan Virtual instructor guidelines ensure such interaction through welcome letters, instructor introductions, and regular progress reporting. |
| The course provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student and student-student interaction to foster mastery and application of the material. |
Partially Met
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There is the opportunity for a lot of student-instructor interactions, but less for student-student interaction. |
| Resources and Materials |
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| Students have access to resources that enrich the course content. |
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Some supplemental tools provided and instructors can add content, but there is not much to enrich the content. |
| Evaluation Strategies |
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| Student evaluation strategies are consistent with course goals and objectives, are representative of the scope of the course and are clearly stated. |
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| The course structure includes adequate and appropriate methods and procedures to assess students’ mastery of content. |
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| Feedback |
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| Ongoing, varied, and frequent assessments are conducted throughout the course to inform instruction. |
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Assessments are ongoing and frequent, but are not extremely varied. |
| Assessment strategies and tools make the student continuously aware of his/her progress in class and mastery of the content. |
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| Assessment Resources and Materials |
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| Assessment materials provide the instructor with the flexibility to assess students in a variety of ways. |
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| Grading rubrics are provided to the instructor and may be shared with students. |
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Rubrics are provided in the course content areas. |
| The grading policy and practices are easy to understand. |
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The information is provided by individual teachers with some requirements by Michigan Virtual that are shared in policies. Rubrics, however, are provided for individual assignments. |
| Course Architecture |
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| The course architecture permits the online instructor to add content, activities and assessments to extend learning opportunities. |
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Instructors cannot alter content provided by the course vendor, but Michigan Virtual instructors are permitted to add supplemental materials as needed via the Blackboard LMS. |
| The course accommodates multiple school calendars; e.g., block, 4X4 and traditional schedules. |
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The calendar within the learning management system permits adjustments to the pacing guides, though Michigan Virtual has established start and end dates for fall, spring, summer, and trimester enrollment terms. |
| User Interface |
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| Clear and consistent navigation is present throughout the course. |
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Consistency is seen in the lessons. Lessons follow a predictable pattern for students. |
| Rich media are provided in multiple formats for ease of use and access in order to address diverse student needs. |
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There is a lot of reading in the course and the formats do not overlap. |
| Technology Requirements and Interoperability |
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| All technology requirements (including hardware, browser, software, etc...) are specified. |
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Communicated in the syllabus, the Michigan Virtual website, and the Blackboard LMS. |
| Prerequisite skills in the use of technology are identified. |
Fully Met
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| The course uses content-specific tools and software appropriately. |
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| The course is designed to meet internationally recognized interoperability standards. |
Fully Met
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| Copyright and licensing status, including permission to share where applicable, is clearly stated and easily found. |
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Communicated within the Michigan Virtual Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) through the website and the LMS. |
| Accessibility |
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| Course materials and activities are designed to provide appropriate access to all students. The course, developed with universal design principles in mind, conforms to the U.S. Section 504 and Section 508 provisions for electronic and information technology as well as the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility guidelines (WCAg 2.0). |
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This rating is based upon limited testing of select WCAG 2.0 principles and guidelines. Further testing may be necessary to ensure full compliance. |
| Data Security |
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| Student information remains confidential, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). |
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Course is password protected; the privacy policy is communicated in the Blackboard LMS. |
| Accessing Course Effectiveness |
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| The course provider uses multiple ways of assessing course effectiveness. |
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Students have the ability to rate the lesson as completed, student evaluation at end of course. Michigan Virtual also has access to additional data regarding student success and satisfaction with courses. |
| The course is evaluated using a continuous improvement cycle for effectiveness and the findings used as a basis for improvement. |
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Michigan Virtual evaluates their courses over a specific time frame. This course would be re-evaluated by Michigan Virtual on a rolling time frame. |
| Course Updates |
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| The course is updated periodically to ensure that the content is current. |
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This course does not include dates of copyrights. |
| Certification |
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| Course instructors, whether faceto-face or virtual, are certificated and “highly qualified.” The online course teacher possesses a teaching credential from a state-licensing agency and is “highly qualified” as defined under ESEA. |
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All Michigan Virtual instructors are certified in the state of Michigan, endorsed within their assigned content areas and grade levels, and highly qualified under state and federal guidelines. |
| Instructor and Student Support |
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| Professional development about the online course delivery system is offered by the provider to assure effective use of the courseware and various instructional media available. |
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Michigan Virtual instructors complete an onboarding course prior to teaching, annual professional development and conference attendance, participate in monthly department meetings, and are provided online resources for various instructional media. |
| The course provider offers technical support and course management assistance to students, the course instructor, and the school coordinator. |
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Michigan Virtual instructors have access to the Michigan Virtual Knowledge Base with tutorials to assist them as well as the Course Issue Tracker to request additional support for technical issues in a course. Students also have a Customer Care center that offers technical support and course management assistance. |
| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, have been provided professional development in the behavioral, social, and when necessary, emotional, aspects of the learning environment. |
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| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, receive instructor professional development, which includes the support and use of a variety of communication modes to stimulate student engagement online. |
Fully Met
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| The provider assures that course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, are provided support, as needed, to ensure their effectiveness and success in meeting the needs of online students. |
Fully Met
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| Students are offered an orientation for taking an online course before starting the coursework. |
Fully Met
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Students are offered Michigan Virtual-specific orientation lessons and activites within all courses in addition to the Online Learning Orientation Tool (OLOT) located on the LMS homepage for students with no prior experience in taking an online course. |
Review Conducted By : Michigan Virtual
Date of Review : 07/11/2019
Unit 1: Studying Humans
Unit 2: Human Evolution
Unit 3: Looking at Culture in Context
Unit 4: Culture and Language: Why Humans are Special
Unit 5: Environment and Culture
Unit 6: Material Culture – How Humans are Handy
Unit 7: Religion – What We Believe
Unit 8: Family Ties and Social Bonds
Unit 9: Information and Enculturation
Unit 10: Anthropology in Current Cultures
| Term Type |
Enrollment Opens |
Enrollment Ends |
Random Draw Date |
Enrollment Drop Date |
Course Starts |
Course Ends |
# of Seats |
Course Fee |
Potential Additional Costs |
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Semester |
04/01/2020 |
03/29/2021 |
06/01/2020 |
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11/27/2020 |
06/18/2021 |
300 |
$325.0000 |
0.0000 |
| Drop Policy |
Completion Policy |
Term Type |
Enrollment Opens |
Enrollment Ends |
| The last day to drop to receive a full refund is either 25 consecutive days after the enrollment's Start Date or the defined refund date, which ever date comes soonest. Students who are enrolled with a Start Date that is in the past, will have a minimum of 5 consecutive calendar days to drop and receive a refund. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment Start Date to their enrollment End Date. For reporting purposes, a completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
04/01/2020 |
03/29/2021 |
Students can use email or the private message system within the Student Learning Portal to access highly qualified teachers when they need instructor assistance. Students will also receive feedback on their work inside the learning management system. The Instructor Info area of their course may describe additional communication options.
