Your Family in History: Anthropology at Home.

Gillis, John R.

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ERIC Number: EJ638216

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Your Family in History: Anthropology at Home.

Gillis, John R.

OAH Magazine of History, v15 n4 p31-34 Sum 2001

Describes the purposes and structure of an undergraduate course for sophomore-level students called "Your Family in History" that takes an anthropological approach to studying family history. States that the course encourages students to do ethnographic research on a dimension of their own family culture. Includes an abbreviated course syllabus. (CMK)

Descriptors: Anthropology, Course Content, Family (Sociological Unit), Family History, Family Life, Higher Education, History Instruction, Student Research, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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