2020-2021 Peabody Institute Course Catalog

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Course Catalog 2020-2021

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDUCATORS You may be surprised by what the Peabody Institute can offer students and faculty at Phillips Academy. We have programs based on archaeology, anthropology, and Native American history to support what you are already teaching in your classrooms.

Our programs, which make use of material from our collection of more than 600,000 archaeological artifacts, are designed to pique students’ interests by offering them an educational experience that cannot be found at any other secondary school in the United States.

This document is meant to be a guide and starting point for faculty. We welcome the opportunity to tailor our programs to conveniently fit into your course curricula, as well as create new programs to supplement specific topics.

Given our current circumstances and our transition away from the traditional classroom, the Peabody staff are happy to work with you to craft other digital resources to support your objectives and curriculum.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the creation of a new program, please contact the Institute’s educators:

Lindsay Randall

lrandall@andover.edu or ext. 4496

Ryan Wheeler rwheeler@andover.edu or ext. 4493

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The Trail Where They Cried The forced removal of the Cherokee people from their ancestral lands profoundly affected their society. Choices made by various individuals, both tribal and non-tribal, also had a significant impact on the experiences of individual Cherokee people – an impact that is still felt today. Through the use of a “Choose Your Own Adventure” activity, students begin to understand the complex nature of this traumatic event.

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A World of Difference It is important to understand how Native American diversity is in part a reflection of the environment the community lives in and how it is reflected in the life ways and material cultures of different tribes. Using a digital platform, students explore a variety of diverse objects to determine which environment they come from.

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Human Osteology & Forensics of an 18th Century Execution Is Abbot Academy’s 19th-century anatomical specimen really a Prussian mercenary executed for desertion during the Revolutionary War? Students find out as they employ contemporary techniques of forensic anthropology to evaluate the physical evidence and compare it to the historical details. Highlights of the skeleton are presented, including a focus on the problematic identification of race from the human skeleton.

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Hominid Cranial Morphology Can you tell the difference between the skulls of an ape, Neanderthal, and Homo sapiens sapiens? This online, interactive lab gives students the opportunity to explore, compare, and contrast the skulls of apes and hominids, including the 6 to 7 million-year old Sahelanthropus, the famous 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy,� and modern humans. Students learn about the major groups of fossil humans, general trends in cranial evolution, and the problems with taxonomic classification of fossil humans.

Pueblo Revolt In 1680, Ohkay Owingeh leader Po’Pay united people from diverse Pueblo communities and led a bloody revolt to drive the Spanish colonizers from New Mexico. This lesson explores the history and archaeology of the Pueblo Revolt through artifacts from the Peabody Institute and concepts like acculturation, assimilation, syncretism, and catachresis. The lesson emphasizes that Pueblo people have survived Spanish and American colonization and thrive today in their ancient homeland. Online, interactive lesson designed for History 200.

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DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE PEABODY Diggin’ In Digital Lecture Series This series show cases live presentations with archaeologists from across the United States who will take questions directly from you! Different topics will be covered during each 30 min. episodes, which start live at 1:30 pm (EST) every other Wednesday and then will be posted to YouTube afterwards.

Sign up through rspeabody@andover.edu or info@massarchaeology.org to get on the ZOOM invitation list.

Peabody YouTube Channel The Peabody Youtube Channel shares educationl content and craft activities through outreach videos for audiences at home.

Explore our “ProCRAFTinate with the Peabody!” videos, recorded “Diggin’ In” lectures, and more on our YouTube channel.

Peabody Blog The Peabody blog introduces readers to the exciting and emerging topics of archaeology and anthropology, through the activities and collections of the Peabody, written by Peabody staff.

Peabody Online Collection Catalog The Robert S. Peabody Institute curates artifacts, documents, and images pertaining to indigenous cultures of the Americas, past and present. Our online catalog is actively growing and new records are added regularly. We encourage you to explore our site and return often.