Each story is accompanied by notes for the teachers, a game that helps students retain information, photo attributions, and image swatches that can be printed out and used to make collage art. These swatches are meant to be glued onto 8.5x11 foam boards. Children’s scissors and paste or glue sticks are required. Teachers might supply other art shapes to be used in the collage art, such as charms, cut-out shapes, buttons, crepe paper, or anything else available. Buttons or bingo chips will be needed for most games.

DISCLAIMER (STORIES): The historical and cultural contexts of the stories have been rigorously researched by anthropologists. However, the story characters and plot lines are fictional.

DISCLAIMER (IMAGES): The images used are labeled for non-commercial reuse and cannot be reused for commercial purposes. In some cases no images could be found with this designation for a particular story section. In these cases images with this designation were used that approximated the cultural area or historical period.

For any problems with the website, downloading, or other technical issues, contact Rick Petrie at RickPetrie@gmail.com. For any comments or questions on the stories, contact Dr. Jill Florence Lackey at JFLanthropologist@currently.com. If this concerns a factual error in a story background, please cite the scholarly source (publication with page number or precise Internet link) in your email.

To select stories by their themes, please refer to the chart below