Primary, secondary, and higher educational programs are now organizing multicultural curricula. These new curricula represent a greater diversity of cultures, and therefore of intellectual and artistic perspectives, than ever before. Archaeology enriches the perspectives of teachers of history by illuminating everyday life in the past, while biological anthropology contributes to the teaching of the life and earth sciences. Furthermore, as the makeup of our classrooms becomes more representative of the new global community in which we live, anthropology becomes of ever greater usefulness to classroom teachers and guidance counselors. Museums and Cultural Resource Management.
Anthropology is a part of all major natural history and historical museums in the U.S. and abroad.
As museums strive to more accurately and sensitively represent the cultures of the past and present, anthropologists work as curators, archivists, field researchers, conservators, and information managers. Anthropologists working in the area of cultural resource management seek to protect and preserve cultural environments, especially those threatened by the impact of modern technology and environmental degradation. Other anthropologists use their knowledge of culture to write novels. Check out Anthropology and the Disciplines .