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My Threshold

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BIG HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.1ACTIVITY MY THRESHOLD1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “My Threshold”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeBuild upon your knowledge of Big History’s eight thresholds by connectingthat learning to your life.Process1.Take a few minutes to think about the big changes or turning pointsin your own life. Write down two or three of these turning points in the box below.2.Choose one turningpoint from above and use it to fill out the My Threshold card on the next page.
BIG HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.1ACTIVITY MY THRESHOLD2My ThresholdIngredientsMaterials or things that came togetherGoldilocks ConditionsThe “just-right” conditionsNew ComplexityHow the ingredients came together under the right conditions to create something new