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Individuals and societies

IB Social and Cultural Anthropology SL and HL

12 lessons at SL. 14 at HL, with every HL-only topic. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
5
SL lessons
12
HL lessons
14
Questions
84
Key terms
56

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. Lessons marked HL are in the HL course only. The first unit is free.

Thinking anthropologically3 lessons · free
  1. Thinking anthropologicallyWhat is anthropology?
  2. Thinking anthropologicallyFieldwork and ethnography
  3. Thinking anthropologicallyKey anthropological concepts
Social life3 lessons
  1. Social lifeKinship and belonging
  2. Social lifeClassifying the world
  3. Social lifeThe body
Economy, power and change3 lessons
  1. Economy and powerExchange and value
  2. Economy and powerPower, conflict and resistance
  3. Economy and powerDevelopment and globalisation
Belief, health and movement3 lessons
  1. Belief and healthRitual and belief
  2. Belief and healthHealth, illness and healing
  3. Belief and healthMovement, migration and place
Anthropological theory0 SL · 2 HL lessons
  1. HL theoryClassic theoriesHL
  2. HL theoryContemporary theoryHL

Try a question

From “What is anthropology?”.

Questions are in English, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

A tourist says a local wedding custom is "backward" because it differs from weddings at home. What is this?

  1. ACultural relativism
  2. BAn emic account
  3. CParticipant observation
  4. DEthnocentrism
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D. Ethnocentrism

Judging by one’s own cultural standards is ethnocentric.

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