Big History

Big History Project presents a science-based origin story from the Big Bang to the present.
Big History Project helps students think critically and connect the past, present, and future across disciplines.
Big History Project provides adaptable lessons, multimedia resources, and support for different classroom needs.
Big History Project teaches students to use evidence, build arguments, communicate clearly, and work with others.
Big History Project can be used as a one-semester course, a full-year course, or alongside Origins.

Big History Project tells a science-based story from the Big Bang to today. It helps students ask big questions and connect the past, present, and future. The course includes 10 units and 130+ lesson plans, plus readings, videos, and teacher support. Students build skills in using evidence, making arguments, and working with others. Teachers can use it for one semester, a full year, or with Origins to fit classroom needs.

Teaching Tools

Big History is a unique course that looks at the history of the entire Universe, stretching 13.8 billion years into the past and all the way into the future. You’ll travel to the earliest stars, discover new chemical elements, investigate the Earth’s fiery origins, explore how life on Earth evolved, and journey through human history to see what the future may hold.

Unit 1 • 4 Lessons

What is Big History?

What’s so big about Big History? It explores all 13.8 billion years of the Universe’s history. But it’s also about you, and the tools you’ll need to examine this history—like scale switching and claim testing.

Unit 2 • 6 Lessons