Scale: History of Me
BIG HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.2ACTIVITY SCALE: HISTORY OF ME1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Scale: History of Me”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposePractice scale switching to see how your own history has a lot in common with the Big History story.Process1.Take about five minutes to write a “History of Me.” Include whatever you want in your history. Don’t be too worried about spelling and grammar—this is more about the details of your life.
BIG HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.2ACTIVITY SCALE: HISTORY OF ME22.Review what you wrote,and then check the boxes below if you included any of the following:Time scaleGeographic scaleoYour time in schooloYour childhoodoYour parents or guardiansoYour parents’ or guardians’ childhoodsoYour grandparentsoAnything that happened over 100 years agooAnything that happened over 1,000 years agooAnything that’s further away than the state you’re currently inoAnything that’s further away than the country you’re inoAnything that’s beyond Earth3.Was your story more “zoomed in” (a smaller time scale and geographic scale) or “zoomed out” (a larger time scale and geographic scale)? Why do you think you wrote your story that way?4.You only had a few minutes to write your entire history—how did you decide which facts and events were important enough to include?