Big History Activities Placement
Skills Activities PlacementBIG HISTORY COURSEUnit 1 What is Big History? Unit 2History of the Universe and EarthUnit 3Life Unit 4Early Humans Unit 5Agriculture & Complex SocietiesUnit 6The Modern Age Unit 7The Future UNIT DRIVING QUESTIONUnit 1 DQ: How does learning about the history of the Universe help us understand our past, present, and future?Unit 2 DQ: How did complexity increase from the origins of our Universe to the formation of the Earth?Unit 3 DQ: Why did life begin on Earth, and how did it change over time? Unit 4 DQ: How did the evolution of humans lead to new complexity on Earth?Unit 5 DQ: How did the transition to agriculture increase complexity in human societies? Unit 6 DQ: What are the positive and negative impacts of interconnection and acceleration?Unit 7 DQ: What’s the next threshold?Lesson LocationCausationLesson 2.2 Causation: Alphonse the CamelLesson 2.4 Causation: From Stars to New ElementsLesson 3.4 Causation: Extinction EventsLesson 4.4 Causation: MigrationLesson 6.3 Causation: IndustrializationClaim TestingLesson 1.4 What Are the Claim Testers?Lesson 1.4 Claim Testing: PracticeLesson 2.3 Claim Testing: IntuitionLesson 2.3 Claim Testing: AuthorityLesson 2.6 Claim Testing: EvidenceLesson 3.3 Claim Testing: LifeLesson 4.5 Claim Testing: Early HumansLesson 6.5 Claim Testing: GlobalizationGeographyLesson 1.2 Geography: Mental MapsLesson 2.2 Geography: Map of the Observable UniverseLesson 2.6: Geography: Plate TectonicsLesson 3.2 Geography: BiomesLesson 3.3 Geography: Earth in MotionLesson 4.4 Geography: Migration and ClimateLesson 5.2 Geography: The Agricultural RevolutionLesson 6.3 Geography: Industrialization MysteryLesson 6.5 Geography: Supply ChainInquiryLesson 2.6 Evidence DetectiveLesson 4.3 Evolution of Collective LearningLesson 4.5 Survival ChallengeLesson 5.3 Artifact InvestigationSourcingLesson 1.2 What Is Sourcing?Lesson 2.4 Cosmic ConnectionsLesson 4.3 Improving KnowledgeLesson 5.2 Making Claims: FarmingLesson 6.6 Evaluating Sources