Introduction to Prehistoric Cultures
(slides: pc-intro.pptx)

• Question: "What do I already know about prehistoric cultures?"
  
  
• Introduction to You: Meet Yourselves
  
  
• What would you like to know about your profs?
  
  
• What do you expect to get out of this class?
  
  
• Laptops
  
  
• Textbook

• Assignments
  
  
  • listed on the calendar syllabus for Fall 2009
    
    
  • listed on the web "Text Assignments Summary" page
    
    
  • listed at the bottom of each day's class page
    
    
• Syllabus Information on the Web . . .

• Fall 2009 Class Calendar
• weekly / daily class schedules: Week 01 Day 01 . . .
• assignments summary (alternate format than calendar)
• office hours Fall 2009
  M 4:00-4:45; T, Th 1:00-1:45
  or e-mail/text-message for a time
  convenient to your schedule

  	troufs@d.umn.edu
  	troufs
  	SMS/textmessaging: 218.260.3032
  	tweet:  troufs

  • special facilities
  • overview of course
    
    
• Course Web Pages
  
  
  • Welcome Page
  • Site Map
  • Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Exams

• Midterm Exam Part I
  
  
  • The first DAY exam was originally scheduled for Week 06 Day 12, Thursday, 15 October 2009 (on chs. 01-07), but it has been rescheduled for Tuesday, 20 October 2009.
    
    
• Midterm Exam Part II
  
  
  • The second DAY exam Week 11 Day 21, Tuesday, 17 November 2009, on Chs. 8-12
    
    
• Final Exam
  
  
  The f2009 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be on Saturday, 19 December, 2:00 - 3:55. in Cina 214
  
  
• basic information
  
  
• makeup exams
  
  
• other exam information
  
  
• extra credit (optional)

Grading —   criteria for grading written works —   "The Strike Zone" —   "The Curve" —   UMD Grading Policies

Case Study

detailed information on the case study is availale at:
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/case_studies/pcCS-01.html#title>

• DAY Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" due Friday, 25 September 2009

PCforum

• Enrolled members of the class are required to participate in class discussions on the PCforum at
  <http://www.d.umn.edu/~troufs/PCforum/>
  (10 postings @ up to 10 points = 100 points = 11.1% of the final grade)
  
  
• Post your meaningful observations on the PCforum
  
  
• Topics for postings will be announced in class and via e-mail
  
  
  • Postings are due within two weeks of the date of announcement
    
    
• There will be 10 of them during the semester, including one relating to an on-line evaluation of the course
  
  
• demonstration

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector" in the main window to the current week [use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window] Set first message for Week 1 REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum or bring them up in class

Recommendations on Studying for this Course

Handout: "Times to Remember"

How to Prepare for Exams —   UMD Study Strategies —   Listening Skills —   Notetaking      – Taking Notes From Lectures —   Learning Styles —   Test Taking Strategies —   Writing an Essay Exam (from OWL) —   slides: pc-how_to_study.pptx —   special facilities / arrangements —   extra help with exams

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Major Characteristics of Anthropology
(slides: pc-main_char_anth.pptx)
(formerly 03A)
(introduction, time permitting)

• Handout: "Anthropology and Its Parts"

nlt 07:40 video

Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
(45 min., 1970, VC 1290)

• Texas A & M: Yanomamö -- Darkness in El Dorado

YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman)

Introduction to Prehistoric Cultures
(slides: pc-intro.pptx)

• Question: "What do I already know about prehistoric cultures?"
  
  
• Introduction to You: Meet Yourselves
  
  
• What would you like to know about your profs?
  
  
• What do you expect to get out of this class?
  
  
• Laptops
  
  
• Textbook

• Assignments
  
  
  • listed on the calendar syllabus for Fall 2009
    
    
  • listed on the web "Text Assignments Summary" page
    
    
  • listed at the bottom of each day's class page
    
    
• Syllabus Information on the Web . . .

• Fall 2009 Class Calendar
• weekly / daily class schedules: Week 01 Day 01 . . .
• assignments summary (alternate format than calendar)
• office hours Fall 2009
  M 4:00-4:45; T, Th 1:00-1:45
  or e-mail/text-message for a time
  convenient to your schedule

  	troufs@d.umn.edu
  	troufs
  	SMS/textmessaging: 218.260.3032
  	tweet:  troufs

  • special facilities
  • overview of course
    
    
• Course Web Pages
  
  
  • Welcome Page
  • Site Map
  • Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Recommendations on Studying for this Course

Handout: "Times to Remember"

How to Prepare for Exams —   UMD Study Strategies —   Listening Skills —   Notetaking      – Taking Notes From Lectures —   Learning Styles —   Test Taking Strategies —   Writing an Essay Exam (from OWL) —   slides: pc-how_to_study.pptx —   special facilities / arrangements —   extra help with exams

Major Characteristics of Anthropology
(slides: pc-main_char_anth.pptx)
(formerly 03A) (introduction, time permitting)

• Handout: "Anthropology and Its Parts"

nlt 07:40 video

Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
(45 min., 1970, VC 1290)

• Texas A & M: Yanomamö -- Darkness in El Dorado

YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman)