The following lesson plans are available free to teachers for classroom use.

NEW! THE ANTHROPOLOGIST'S JOURNAL SERIES
We are pleased to announce Language Arts and Anthropology: A Program for Enhancing English Literacy, featuring a new series of Anthropologist's Journals available here for free download. The content and educational activities included in Language Arts and Anthropology were developed by the Education Department of the San Diego Museum of Man and funded with a grant from the De Falco Family Foundation, Gig Harbor, Washington, with additional support from the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program. The Anthropologist's Journal series includes the following titles:

     Mummification and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

     Walk This Way: Why Humans Walk on Two Legs

     Shawee: A Kumeyaay Meal

     Maya Kings and Queens: Rituals and Responsibilities

HUMAN EVOLUTION
Lesson plans on human evolution are available at www.abouthumanevolution.net, the Museum's education web site for the Footsteps Through Time: Four Million Years of Human Evolution exhibit.

     Bipedal Locomotion – Grades 5-8

     You Can't Stop Progress – Grades 7-9

ANCIENT EGYPT
A new lesson plan for students interested in Egypt

     Learn how to play the ancient Egyptian game of Senet

THE ANCIENT MAYA
Lesson plans on Ancient Mayan Civilization explore factors contributing to the collapse of Classic Maya civilization, mathematical concepts of the Maya, and Maya counting and calendars.

     Collapse of the Maya Civilization – Grades 6-8

     Maya Math: From Zero to Nineteen – Grades 6-8

     Maya Math: Addition and Subtraction – Grades 6-8

INUIT
Developed in conjunction with the Museum exhibit Inuit: People of the Midnight Sun (September 2003 – September 2004), the following lesson plans explore the culture and history of the Inuit, and the environmental conditions of the Arctic.

     Geography and Ecology of the Inuit – Grades 3-6

ARCHAEOLOGY
We are pleased to announce the first in a new series of lesson plans for Archaeology

     The Importance of Site Maps in Archaeology – Grades 5-7

CONTACT US
Teachers, the Museum of Man Education Department is interested in your feedback. If you have questions or comments about any of the above lesson plans, or suggestions for new lesson plan topics to add to this website, please email the Education Department.