{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.019955654101995565, 'fraction_numerical': 0.0, 'mean_word_length': 4.4397590361445785, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 0, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 0, 'https://': 0, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
Experiencing culture : Teaching anthropology to young children

After completing two degrees in anthropology I wondered (as most graduates do) what I was going to do with a B.A. and M.A. in anthropology. Living in an isolated part of Israel (the southern Arava) my options were limited. There was only one small community college forty minutes away, so teaching anthropology on an academic level was a viable option but not as a full time job. I had focused my M.A. thesis on researching the socializing function of play and games among socially deprived children in a boarding school in Israel and discovered that I enjoyed working with children. Somehow I wanted to find a way of combining my love for children with my desire to pursue a career in anthropology. What did the anthropological approach have to offer children and how could I put forward this approach in a way that children could grasp?