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Tech Support - Lifehacker. The World's First Free and Open Texting Application. Photo 1- 4 Kick-Ass New Ways To Braid Your Hair. Strawberry Shortcake Costume. 4 Weeks to a 4.0: Create Project Folders. April 20th, 2009 · 8 comments 4 Weeks to a 4.0 is a four-part series to help you transform into an efficient student.

4 Weeks to a 4.0: Create Project Folders

Each Monday between 3/30 and 4/20 I’ll post a new weekly assignment to aid your transformation. Welcome to Week 4 This is the fourth and final post in our four-part series 4 Weeks to a 4.0. Let’s do our review. Week 4 Assignment: Create Project Folders Your assignment for this week to adopt the project folder method, which I describe below. The Project Folder Method Buy a box of plain manila file folders. For the exam folders, do the following: Print the relevant class notes and assignment notes. For the paper folders, do the following: At first the folder will be empty. Once you’ve created the folders, follow their corresponding plans. Summing Up… Once you finish this week’s assignment you’ll be done with the program! For those of you who followed the program, let us know how it has been working for you.

Evernote, or the Most Effective (and Free!) Organization Tool for Students. Makeover a Corner of your Room. Why Major in Anthropology? » Anthropology. There are two great reasons why undergraduate students should consider studying anthropology.

Why Major in Anthropology? » Anthropology

First, the material is intellectually exciting: Anthropology students enthusiastically complete their courses of study. Second, anthropology prepares students for excellent jobs and opens doors to various career paths: The course of study provides global information and thinking skills critical to succeeding in the 21st century in business, research, teaching, advocacy, and public service. What Is Anthropology? Majoring in anthropology was one of the best decisions I made at BU. In addition to the field’s limitless subject matter, the course material is stimulating and the professors are genuinely enthusiastic about their discipline. Stacy FoxCAS, 2006 Anthropology is the study of human behavior. Anthropologists often specialize in one or more geographic areas of the world—for example, West Africa, Latin America, the British Isles, Eastern Europe, North America, and Oceania. Academic. Diversity.

Why Choose Anthropology?: Skills & Attributes for the 21st Century. Despite popular misconceptions that anthropologists work primarily with dinosaur bones- which is in fact what Palaeontologists do - they are in fact beginning to make way into the 21st century as leading contributors in various fields.

Why Choose Anthropology?: Skills & Attributes for the 21st Century

Anthropology is in fact broken into five sub-categories. They are: Linguistics, Archaeology, Medical Anthropology, Physical Anthropology and Social & Cultural Anthropology. Each section has branched off into its own discipline over the course of the last century allowing for individuals to specialise in either field. Each field is quite specific and depending on whether your career aspirations involve forensics, medicine and nursing, media, social work, social care, tourism, business, management, museums, law or education an undergraduate degree in anthropology can provide you with the skills necessary to make any career a successful one. Tools of the Trade Observation - Learning how to interview and observe as a participant within any given culture.

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100 Terrific Sites to Find Primary Source History Documents. Researching on the Internet means working from home, viewing collections from around the world and stumbling across rare finds from somewhat obscure libraries or museums.

100 Terrific Sites to Find Primary Source History Documents

But it also means linking to garbage, weird conspiracy theories, and even plagiarized material. To connect you to the best historical references, we’ve generated this list of 100 terrific sites that feature primary source documents, recordings, images and more. Libraries From the Library of Congress to university research libraries, these websites are packed with authoritative information. With a bachelor’s in Information Systems, this can be an especially helpful resource. The Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has a wealth of information available to the public online and in the library, mostly about American history and culture.New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts: Here you can search archives for full-text resources and more. Museums Art History U.S. The Classics and Ancient History Search Engines.

Primary Source Materials & Document Based Questions. Primary Source Materials & Document Based QuestionsAn Internet Hotlist on Document Based Questions created by Paula GoldsteinNassau BOCES Introduction | Primary Source Materials | Document Based Questions | Assessments | General Resources | Constructed Response Questions Introduction Don't depend on someone else's interpretation of a document. Read it yourself and draw your own conclusions.

Listen to speeches and hear for yourself, who said what. Document based questions (DBQs) are a major focus in schools today.

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Paleoanthropology in the 1990's. Possible grad schools. Learning. After college. Help. Pearltrees videos.