BHP Course Plan – Year-Long
1 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plansBig History Project2022/23 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANCourse Learning Outcomes1.Explain how thresholds of increasing complexity, differing scales of time and space, claim testing, and collective learning help us understand historical, current, and future events as part of a larger narrative.2.Integrate perspectives from multiple disciplines to create, defend, and evaluate the history of the Universe and Universal change.3.Deepen an understanding of key historical and scientific concepts and facts; use these in constructing explanations.4.Engage in meaningful scientific inquiry and historical investigations by being able to hypothesize, form researchable questions, conduct research, revise one’s thinking, and present findings that are well- supported by scientific and historical evidence.5.Critically evaluate, analyze, and synthesize primary and secondary historical, scientific, and technical texts to form well-crafted and carefully supported written and oral arguments.6.Communicate arguments to a variety of audiences to support claims through analysis of substantive texts and topics; use valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence through individual or shared writing, speaking, and other formats.7.Locate and understand how our own place, our community’s place, and humanity as a whole fit into and impact Big History’s narrative.8.Engage in historical analysis using the theories and practices from multiple disciplines, toward an integrated, interdisciplinary understanding of the history of the Universe.Projected Pacing Guide*Unit / ActivityEstimated StartEstimated Duration1 August 22 2 weeks2 September 6 3 weeks3 September 26 3 weeks4 October 17 3 weeks5 November 7 3 weeksUnit 5 PBLDecember 5 2 weeks6 January 3 3 weeks7 January 23 4 weeksUnit 7 PBLFebruary 212 weeks8 March 6 4 weeks9 April 3 4 weeks10 May 14 weeks*Takes into account school holidays, in-service days, and other commonly missed time such as testing days.
2 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plansBig History Project OutlineUnit 1—What Is Big History?Start Date: August 22, 2022 (2 weeks) Learning Outcomes1.Define thresholds of increasing complexity, origin stories, and scale. 2.Understand that Big History is a modern, science-based origin story that draws on many different types of knowledge.3.Understand how you fit into the Big History narrative, using the concept of “thresholds” to frame your past, present, and future as well as the history of the Universe. 4.Understand what disciplines are and consider how the viewpoints of many different scholars can be integrated for a better understanding of a topic. 5.Learn to use timelines as a way to compare the scale of personal and historic events. 6.Identify a thesis statement and how writing is structured, and evaluate both of those elements in writing. Unit 1 Driving Question:Why do we look at things from far away and close up? 1.0—Welcome to Big History1.Activity: History as Mystery 2.Activity: Easter Island Mystery3.Read: ”What Happened on Easter Island?”4.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall5.Watch:Unit 1 Overview6.Watch:What Is Big History? 7.Watch:Crash Course Big History: The Big Bang 8.Activity: Big History Website Scavenger Hunt 9.Watch:A Big History of Everything – H2 (Clip 0:00 to 8:20)10.Closing: Investigation 011.Lesson 1.0 Quiz1.1—Scale1.Activity: Scale - History of Me 2.Watch: To Scale: The Solar System3.Activity: Vocab Tracking4.Activity: Threshold Name Game5.Activity:Three Close Reads – Introduction 6.Read:“Big History Overview”7.Activity: DQ Notebook 8.Activity: Scale – Big History on a Football Field9.Activity: Scale – Human History on a String 10.Activity: Scale –Timelines Timeline: The Big Bang11.Lesson 1.1 Quiz
3 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans1.2—Origin Stories1.Watch:Big Questions – H2 2.Activity: Intro to Origin Stories3.Read: “Origin Stories Introduction” 4.Read: “Origin Story: Modern Scientific”5.Activity: Origin Stories Article Collection6.Read: “Origin Story: Chinese”7.Read: “Origin Story Judeo-Christian”8.Read: “Origin Story: Iroquois” 9.Read: “Origin Story: Maya”10.Read: “Origin Story: Greek”11.Read:“Origin Story: Zulu”12.Read:“Origin Story: Efik” 13.Read: “Cosmology and Faith”14.Lesson 1.2 Quiz1.3—Claim Testing1.Opening: Claim Testing – Snap Judgment 2.Activity: DQ Notebook3.Activity: Vocab – Live Concept Mapping4.Read: “Approaches to Knowledge”5.Watch:How Do We Decide What to Believe? 6.Activity: Claim Testing –What are the Claim Testers? 7.Activity: Analyzing Investigation Writing – Claim and Focus8.Activity:Claim and Focus Warmup9.Closing: Investigation 110.Activity:Claim and Focus Revision11.Lesson 1.3 QuizUnit 2—The Big BangStart Date: September 6, 2022 (3 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Explain the basics of the Big Bang theory and the primary evidence that supports this theory. 2.Using evidence from texts and claim testing, explain why views of the Universe have changed over time and the roles that scholars from different disciplines played in shaping our understanding of the origin of the Universe. 3.Understand how to use claim testing to evaluate a claim or resource.4.Locate Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Leavitt, and Hubble on a timeline and explain what each added to our collective understanding of the structure of the Universe. 5.Identify the use of evidence in historical writing. Unit 2 Driving Questions: How and why do individuals change their minds? How and why did human understanding of the Universe change? (WH)
4 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans2.0—The Big Bang1.Activity: Causation: Natural Disasters2.Watch:Unit 2 Overview3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall4.Watch:A Big History of Everything – H2 (Clip 8:25 to 12:04)5.Read: “Complexity and Thresholds” Threshold Card: Threshold 1 – The Big Bang6.Activity: Narrative and Thresholds – The Big Bang7.Watch: Threshold 1 – The Big Bang8.Activity:This Threshold Today: The Big Bang9.Watch:Questions About the Big Bang Timeline: The Big Bang 10.Closing: Big Bang Infographic11.Lesson 2.0 Quiz2.1—How Did Our Understanding of the Universe Change?1.Activity: Claim Testing – Authority2.Activity: DQ Notebook3.Activity: Vocab Tracking4.Watch:Crash Course Big History: Why Cosmic Evolution Matters5.Activity: Three Close Reads for Graphic Biographies – Introduction 6.Read: Chien-Shiung Wu – Graphic Biography7.Activity: Scale – Changing Views Timeline8.Read: “Claudius Ptolemy”9.Read: “Nicolaus Copernicus”10.Read: “Galileo Galilei”11.Read: “Isaac Newton”12.Read: Henrietta Leavitt13.Read: “Edwin Hubble” 14.Read: “Standing on the Shoulders of Invisible Giants”15.Activity: Views of the Universe Debate16.Read: “The Missing Link?: The Maragha Observatory”17.Lesson 2.1 Quiz2.2 —What Are Disciplines?1.Opening: Disciplines – Who Knows What?2.Activity: DQ Notebook 3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wheel4.Watch:Are We Alone? – H2 5.Watch:Ways of Knowing – Introduction to Cosmology6.Watch:Ways of Knowing – Introduction to Astrophysics7.Read: Vera Rubin – Graphic Biography8.Activity: Disciplines – What Do You Know? What Do You Ask? 9.Activity: Analyzing Investigation Writing – Use of Evidence10.Activity:Analysis and Evidence Warmup11.Closing: Investigation 212.Activity:Analysis and Evidence Revision
5 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans13.Lesson 2.2 QuizUnit 3—Stars & ElementsStart Date: September 26, 2022 (3 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Describe how stars form. 2.Explain what happens in the life of a star and explain what happens when a star dies.3.Explain how the death of stars results in the creation of heavier elements.4.Explain why the formation of stars and the emergence of elements are so important in our world. 5.Understand what scholars from multiple disciplines know about a topic and the questions they can ask to gain an understanding of the topic from an integrated perspective.6.Understand how to use and apply the concept of periodization. 7.Identify various types of causes and consequences, including short-term, long-term, and triggering events. 8.Identify the use of BHP concepts in Investigation writing. Unit Driving Question:How can looking at the same information from different perspectives pave the way for progress?3.0—How Were Stars Formed?1.Opening: The Life of a StarInfographic: Lifecycle of StarsTimeline: Stars2.Watch: Unit 3 Overview3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall4.Watch: How Were Stars Formed? Threshold Card: Threshold 2: Stars Light Up5.Activity: Narratives and Thresholds – The Stars Light Up6.Watch:Threshold 2 – Stars Light Up7.Read: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – Graphic Biography 8.Activity: Causation – Star Formation Part 19.Watch: A Big History of Everything – H2 (Clip 12:05 to 16:47)10.Activity: This Threshold Today: Stars Light Up11.Activity: DQ Notebook 12.Closing: Star Comics 13.Lesson 3.0 Quiz3.1—Creation of Complex Elements1.Opening: Is It in There?Threshold Card: Threshold 3: New Chemical Elements2.Activity: Narratives and Thresholds – New Chemical Elements 3.Activity: Vocab Tracking4.Watch: Threshold 3 – New Chemical Elements5.Watch:What Did Stars Give Us?
6 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans6.Watch: Crash Course Big History: Why Star Stuff Matters7.Read: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – Graphic Biography 8.Activity: Causation – Star Formation Part 29.Read: “A Little Big History of Silver”10.Closing: Superhero Element 11.Lesson 3.1 Quiz3.2—Ways of Knowing: Stars and Elements1.Opening: Claim Testing – Intuition2.Activity: DQ Notebook 3.Activity: Vocab – Word Relay4.Watch:Ways of Knowing – Intro to Chemistry 5.Activity: Disciplines – What Do You Know? What Do You Ask?6.Watch:The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #47.Read: “Pure Metal: Jābir ibn Hayyān”8.Read: “Dmitri Mendeleev: Building the Periodic Table of Elements”9.Read: “Marie Curie: Chemistry, Physics, and Radioactivity” 10.Activity: Scale – Timelines and Periodization11.Activity: Analyzing Investigation Writing – Applying BHP Concepts12.Activity: Organization Warm-Up13.Closing: Investigation 3 14.Activity: Organization Revision 15.Lesson 3.2 QuizUnit 4—Our Solar System & EarthStart Date: October 17, 2022 (3 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Explain why planets are more complex than stars. 2.Use evidence to explain how the Earth and its atmosphere developed and changed over time. 3.Explain the basic mechanisms and key pieces of evidence for plate tectonics, and how plate tectonics impacts life on Earth. 4.Define geology, the types of questions geologists ask, and the tools they use to answer those questions. 5.Explain why geology is important to understanding the history of the Earth. 6.Understand how geologists can work with scientists and historians from other disciplines to form a deeper understanding of the history of the Earth. 7.Understand multiple causes and how identify them. 8.Demonstrate an ability to construct an argument in writing. Unit 4 Driving Question:How and why do theories become generally accepted?4.0—Earth & the Formation of Our Solar System1.Opening: Planet Card Sort2.Watch: Unit 4 Overview3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall
7 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plansThreshold Card: Threshold 4 – Earth & the Solar System4.Activity: Narratives and Thresholds – Earth & the Solar System Timeline: Earth and the Solar System5.Watch: Threshold 4 – Earth & the Solar System6.Watch:How Did Earth and the Solar System Form? 7.Read: “How Our Solar System Formed”8.Activity: Causation – Categorizing Causes9.Read: The Rocket Scientist: Mary Golda Ross – Graphic Biography10.Activity: Active Accretion11.Lesson 4.0 Quiz4.1—What Was Young Earth Like?1.Opening: Analyzing Investigation Writing – Organization 2.Activity: DQ Notebook3.Activity: Vocab Tracking4.Watch:What Was the Young Earth Like?Infographic: Chemical Abundances: Earth’s CrustInfographic: Chemical Abundances: The Sun Infographic: Chemical Abundances: The Universe5.Watch:The Early Atmosphere 6.Closing: This Threshold Today – Earth and the Solar System7.Lesson 4.1 Quiz4.2—Why Is Plate Tectonics Important?1.Watch:Crash Course Big History: TheSolar System & the Earth 2.Watch:Our Shifting Globe3.Read: “Why We're All Lava Surfers”4.Closing: Biography of a Continent 5.Lesson 4.2 Quiz 4.3—Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth1.Opening: Vocab – Word Sneak2.Activity: DQ Notebook3.Watch:Introduction to Geology4.Read: “Alfred Wegener & Harry Hess” 5.Activity: Claim Testing – Evidence6.Read: Marie Tharp – Graphic Biography 7.Read: “Eratosthenes” 8.Watch:Introduction to the Geologic Time Chart 9.Read: “Principles of Geology”10.Activity: Disciplines – What Do You Know? What Do You Ask?11.Read: “The Universe Through a Pinhole: Ibn al-Haytham”12.Activity: Was There Science Before the Scientific Revolution?13.Activity: Revising Investigation Writing – Claim and Focus14.Closing: Investigation 4 15.Lesson 4.3 Quiz
8 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plansUnit 5—Life Start Date: November 7, 2022 (3 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Describe the conditions that made it possible for life to emerge on Earth.2.Explain the differences between life and nonlife. 3.Describe the major events in the development of life on Earth and explain what is meant by the term biosphere. 4.Use evidence to explain adaptation and evolution, including Darwin’s theory of natural selection and DNA. 5.Demonstrate using texts as evidence in historical writing. Unit 5 Driving Question:How and why do theories evolve?5.0—What Is Life? 1.Opening: DQ Notebook 2.Watch: Unit 5 Overview3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall4.Watch:A Big History of Everything – H2 (Clip 26:45 to 39:42)5.Activity: How Closely Related Are We? Timeline: Life6.Watch:Crash Course Big History: The Origin of Life 7.Read: “Life and Purpose” 8.Lesson 5.0 Quiz5.1—How Did Life Begin and Change?1.Opening: Spontaneous Generation 2.Activity: Vocab Tracking3.Watch:How Did Life Begin and Change?Threshold Card: Threshold 5 – Life on Earth4.Activity: Narratives and Thresholds – Life5.Watch:Mini-Thresholds of Life6.Activity: Are These the Right Mini Thresholds of Life?7.Watch:Life in All Its Forms8.Read: The Collector: Ynés Mexía – Graphic Biography Infographic: Taxonomy: The Tree of Life9.Activity:The Tree of Life10.Watch:Crash Course Big History: Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters11.Lesson 5.1 Quiz5.2—How Do Earth and Life Interact? 1.Opening: Living in the Extremes of the Biosphere 2.Activity: Vocab – What’s My Word? 3.Activity: DQ Notebook4.Read: “What Is the Biosphere?”
9 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plansInfographic: Chemical Abundances: The OceansInfographic: Chemical Abundances: A MeteoriteInfographic: Chemical Abundances: Human Body5.Watch:How Do Earth and Life Interact?6.Activity: A Year in the Life of a Species7.Watch:How We Proved an Asteroid Wiped Out the Dinosaurs8.Lesson 5.2 Quiz5.3—Ways of Knowing: Life1.Image Gallery: Voyage of the Beagle2.Activity: The Voyage of the Beagle3.Read: “Darwin, Evolution, and Faith” 4.Read: “Crick, Watson, & Franklin” 5.Read: Henrietta Lacks – Graphic Biography6.Watch:Codes – H27.Activity: Claim Testing – Life 8.Activity: Scale – Evolution and Life Timeline9.Activity: Revising Investigation Writing – Use of Evidence10.Closing: Investigation 511.Lesson 5.3 QuizUnit 6—Early HumansStart Date: January 3, 2023 (3 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Describe human evolution, using evidence and connection to other species of mammals. 2.Explain whether or not symbolic language makes humans different.3.Describe how early humans lived.4.Explain collective learning.5.Understand what scholars from multiple disciplines know about a topic and the questions they can ask to gain an understanding of the topic from an integrated perspective. 6.Show early human migration on a map.7.Demonstrate using BHP concepts accurately in writing. 8.Demonstrate an understanding of multiple causes and how they complicate the relationship between causes, consequences, and their interaction with one another. Unit 6 Driving Question:What makes humans different from other species?6.0—How Our Ancestors Evolved1.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall2.Watch: Unit 6 Overview3.Opening: Early Ancestors Threshold Card: Threshold 6 – Collective LearningTimeline: Early Humans 4.Watch: Threshold 6: Humans and Collective Learning5.Watch: Crash Course Big History: Human Evolution
10 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans6.Activity: Evolution Comic7.Read: “Lucy and the Leakeys”8.Read: “Jane Goodall” 9.Lesson 6.0 Quiz6.1—Ways of Knowing: Early Humans1.Opening: Vocab Tracking2.Activity: DQ Notebook3.Watch:Intro to Anthropology4.Watch:Intro to Archaeology5.Activity: Disciplines – What Do You Know? What Do You Ask?6.Activity: Historos Cave 7.Closing: Little Big History Kickoff 8.Lesson 6.1 Quiz6.2—Collective Learning1.Opening: Collective Learning Snap Judgment2.Read: “Collective Learning” (Part 1)3.Watch:Crash Course Big History: Why Human Evolution Matters4.Watch: Common Man – H25.Watch: Early Evidence of Collective Learning6.Activity: Culture and Collective Learning Debate7.Closing: Causation –Alphonse the Camel8.Lesson 6.2 Quiz6.3—How Did the First Humans Live?1.Opening: DQ Notebook2.Watch:How Did the First Humans Live? 3.Read: “Foraging” 4.Activity: Claim Testing – Early Humans5.Watch:From Foraging to Food Shopping6.Activity: Hunter Gatherer Menu7.Watch: Crash Course Big History:Why Human Ancestry Matters8.Activity: Human Migration Patterns9.Read: Ales Hrdlicka – Graphic Biography10.Read: George McJunkin – Graphic Biography11.Activity: Little Big History – Choosing Your Focus12.Activity: Revising Investigation Writing – Applying BHP Concepts13.Closing: Investigation 6 14.Lesson 6.3 QuizUnit 7—Agriculture & Complex SocietiesStart Date: January 23, 2023 (4 weeks)Learning Outcomes
11 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans1.Define agriculture and describe where it emerged.2.Identify the features of agrarian civilizations.3.Understand the similarities and differences between the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers and farmers.4.Describe how early civilizations formed and their key features. 5.Understand what scholars from multiple disciplines know about agriculture and civilization and the information they can derive from them using an integrated perspective.6.Describe how agrarian civilizations formed and analyze their key similarities and differences. 7.Use sentence starters to strengthen making an argument in writing. Unit 7 Driving Questions: To what extent was farming an improvement over foraging? What makes human societies similar and different? (WH)Why do societies collapse? (WH)7.0—The Rise of Agriculture1.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall2.Watch: Unit 7 Overview3.Activity: This Threshold Today – AgricultureThreshold Card: Threshold 7 – AgricultureTimeline: Agriculture and Complex Societies 4.Watch: Threshold 7: Agriculture5.Activity: DQ Notebook6.Watch:Why Was Agriculture So Important?7.Watch: Jacqueline Howard Presents: History of Domestic Animals8.Read: “Collective Learning” (Part 2)9.Activity: Biography of a CropInfographic: Agriculture and Civilization10.Read: “What’s for Dinner Tonight? Evidence of Early Agriculture – The First Farmers” 11.Closing: Little Big History Biography 12.Lesson 7.0 Quiz7.1—The First Cities and States Appear 1.Activity: Vocab Tracking2.Watch:Where and Why Did the First Cities and States Appear? 3.Read: “Agrarian Civilizations: Introduction”4.Activity: Comparing Civilizations5.Read: “Uruk”6.Read: “Mesoamerica”7.Read: “Jericho”8.Read: “East Asia”9.Read: “Greco-Roman”10.Read: “Aksum”11.Read: “Ghana”12.Read: “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: The Emergence of Early Cities’” 13.Read: “The Origin of World Religions” 14.Closing:Early Civilization Museum Project
12 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans15.Activity:Comparing More Civilizations 16.Lesson 7.1 Quiz7.2—Ways of Knowing: Agriculture and Civilization1.Opening: Social Status, Power, and Human Burials2.Watch:Intro to History3.Read: “Recordkeeping and History”4.Read:Ibn Khaldun – Graphic Biography5.Activity: Disciplines – What Do You Know? What Do You Ask?6.Watch:Crash Course Big History: Migrations & Intensification7.Activity: DQ Notebook8.Read: “The Origin of Agriculture in Africa”9.Read:Ibn Bassal – Graphic Biography10.Activity: Little Big History – Research Questions 11.Activity: The Rise, Fall, and Collapse of Civilizations 12.Closing: Were They Pushed or Did They Jump?13.Activity: Revising Investigation Writing – Sentence Starters Part 114.Closing: Investigation 7 15.Lesson 7.2 QuizUnit 8—Expansion & InterconnectionStart Date: March 6, 2023 (4 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Analyze what propelled the expansion and interconnection of agrarian civilizations.2.Investigate the implications of interconnected societies and regions by looking at spread of people, plants, animals, disease, goods, and ideas. 3.Explain how new networks of exchange accelerated collective learning and innovation.4.Describe the changing characteristics of societies in the four world zones before and after oceanic travel and the thickening of global networks.5.Use sentence starters to strengthen the use of texts as evidence in writing. 6.Analyze a complex historical event through the lens of causality. Unit Driving Question: What are the positive and negative impacts of interconnection? 8.0—Expansion 1.Opening: What Caused Expansion?2.Watch:Unit 8 Overview3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall4.Opening: DQ Notebook5.Watch:Why Did Civilization Expand?Timeline: Expansion and Interconnection 6.Watch:Crash Course Big History: The Modern Revolution7.Activity: World Zone Game8.Read: “The Four World Zones” 9.Closing: Causation – The Modern Revolution
13 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans10.Lesson 8.0 Quiz8.1—Exploration & Interconnection1.Opening: World Travelers2.Activity: Vocab Tracking3.Watch: Crash Course Big History: Why Early Globalization Matters4.Read: “China: The First Great Divergence”5.Read: “An Age of Adventure” 6.Activity: An Age of Adventure7.Read: “Ibn Battuta”8.Read: “Marco Polo”9.Read: “Zheng He”10.Activity: Who is Missing?11.Activity: Explorers Mini Project12.Watch: Brain Boost – H2 13.Activity: Human Migration Patterns II 14.Closing: Issues of Colonization Mini Project 15.Read: “Lion of the Sea: Ahmad ibn Mājid”16.Lesson 8.1 Quiz8.2—The Columbian Exchange 1.Opening: Columbian Exchange Snap Judgment 2.Watch:The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #233.Read: “Investigating the Consequences of the Columbian Exchange” 4.Read: Athanasius Kircher – Graphic Biography5.Read:“When Humans Became Inhumane: The Atlantic Slave Trade” 6.Activity: Columbian Exchange Timeline 7.Closing: Columbian Exchange Infographic8.Lesson 8.2 Quiz8.3—Commerce & Collective Learning1.Opening: Quick Poll – Has the Scientific Revolution Ended? 2.Activity: DQ Notebook3.Watch: Jacqueline Howard Presents: The History of Money 4.Read: “One Lump or Two?The Development of a Global Economy” 5.Watch: Systems of Exchange and Trade6.Read: “The First Silk Roads”7.Activity: Claim Testing – Expansion and Interconnection8.Read: “Lost on the Silk Road”9.Read: Mau Piailug – Graphic Biography10.Read: “A Curious Case: African Agrarianism”11.Activity: Personal Supply Chain12.Activity: Little Big History – Final Project 13.Read: “She Blinded Me with Science: Collective Learning and the Emergence of Modern Science” 14.Read: “Thank You for Algebra: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi”15.Read: “Benjamin Banneker: Science in Adversity”16.Activity: Debate: Has the Scientific Revolution Ended?
14 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans17.Activity: Revising Investigation Writing – Sentence Starters Part 218.Closing: Investigation 8 19.Lesson 8.3 Quiz Unit 9—AccelerationStart Date: April 3, 2023 (4 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Describe accelerating global change and the factors that describe it. 2.Understand the key features that define the Anthropocene.3.Describe the acceleration in world population, technology, science, communication, and transportation. Explain how they have benefited and threatened humanity.4.Explain the changes in the use, distribution, and importance of natural resources on human life. 5.Use sentence starters to build skills in applying BHP concepts to writing. 6.Analyze the causes and consequences of major revolutions in global political, economic, and social networks. (WH)7.Analyze the causes and consequences of shifts in world population, including the impact of industrialism and commerce. (WH)8.Analyze the causes, characteristics, and long-term consequences of World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. (WH)Unit Driving Question:To what extent has the Modern Revolution been a positive or a negative force?9.0 –Transitions, Thresholds, and Turning Points in Human History1.Opening: Scale -Periodizing Big History Timeline: The Modern Revolution 2.Watch:Unit 9 Overview3.Activity: A Day in the Life Threshold Card: Threshold 8 – The Modern Revolution4.Watch: Threshold 8: The Modern Revolution5.Closing: Scale –How Would You Periodize Human History? 6.Lesson 9.0 Quiz9.1—Acceleration 1.Opening: The Appetite for Energy2.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall3.Activity: DQ Notebook4.Watch: Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #325.Read: “The Industrial Revolution”6.Watch: How Did Change Accelerate?7.Read: “Acceleration”8.Activity: Debate: Is Change Accelerating? 9.Lesson 9.1 Quiz9.2—The Anthropocene
15 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans1.Watch:Crash Course Big History: The Anthropocene and the Near Future2.Activity: Vocab Tracking3.Read: “The Anthropocene”4.Read:“Anthropocene Africa” 5.Watch:Solving the Maize: A Big History of Food Complexity6.Activity: Graphing Population Growth7.Closing: The Impact of Population Growth Essay8.Lesson 9.2 Quiz9.3—Changing Economies1.Opening: DQ Notebook2.Read: “Collective Learning” (Part 4) 3.Watch: A Big History of Everything – H2 (Clip 1:07 to 1:14)4.Read: “Smith, Marx, and Keynes”5.Activity:This Threshold Today: The Modern Revolution6.Activity: Revising Investigation Writing: Sentence Starters Part 37.Closing: Investigation 98.Lesson 9.3 Quiz9.4—How Was the Modern World Created? Industrialism (WH)1.Opening: New Jobs 2.Watch: How Was the Modern World Created3.Read: “Why Is that T-Shirt So Cheap? The Origins of the Industrial Revolution” 4.Watch: Globalization I – The Upside: Crash Course World History #415.Read: George Washington Carver – Graphic Biography6.Closing: What Role Did Industrialism Play in Creating the Modern World? 9.5—How Was the Modern World Created? Modern States and Identities (WH)1.Opening: Who Are You? Braided Identities Quick Poll 2.Activity: Forming the Concept of Nationalism 3.Read: “You Say You Want a Revolution: Political Change on Both Sides of the Atlantic” 4.Watch:Imperialism: Crash Course World History #355.Read: “Imperialism and Resistance Shape a Modern World: 1850 – 1914” 6.Closing: Rights and Resistance Timeline 9.6—Crisis and Conflict on the Global Stage (WH)1.Read: “Crisis and Conflict on the Global Stage” 2.Activity: Understanding the Causes of World War I3.Watch: Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #364.Activity: Understanding the Consequences of the Global Depression5.Watch: World War II: Crash Course World History #386.Activity: Propaganda and World War II 7.Read: “A Bird’s Eye View: Acceleration and Global Chaos in the Early Twentieth Century” 8.Closing: Mapping the World: 1914, 1945, 1985, Today 9.7—Acceleration – Demographic, Political, and Technological (WH)
16 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans1.Activity: Comparing Most Populous Cities by Century, 1500 to Present 2.Read: “And Then Gandhi Came: Nationalism, Revolution, and Sovereignty” 3.Read: Wang Zhenyi – Graphic Biography4.Read: Declaration of Rights Documents Reading List 5.Activity: Comparing Rights Documents 6.Closing: Democratic and Independent States TimelineUnit 10—The FutureStart Date: May 1, 2023 (4 weeks)Learning Outcomes1.Explain the Big History story and its defining features and patterns.2.Identify important human and environmental issues that affect the future of our species and the biosphere.3.Propose a vision of the future based on new understandings of the past.Unit 10 Driving Question: What’s the next threshold?10.0—Looking Back1.Opening: Timeline ReviewTimeline: Big History 2.Watch: Unit 10 Overview3.Activity: Vocab – Word Wall4.Watch:The History of Everything – TED 5.Activity: DQ Notebook6.Activity: Scale – Review 7.Closing: Disciplines: What Do You Know? What Do You Ask? 8.Lesson 10.0 Quiz10.1—The Biosphere1.Opening: Natural Disasters2.Activity: Vocab Tracking3.Watch: Globalization II – Good or Bad: Crash Course World History #424.Watch:The Atmosphere and Climate 5.Read: Eunice Foote – Graphic Biography6.Watch: Jacqueline Howard Presents: A Day on Mars7.Activity: Gapminder Card Sort8.Closing: Visions of the Future9.Lesson 10.1 Quiz10.2—Looking Forward 1.Watch: A Big History of Everything – H22.Read: “Complexity and the Future” Threshold Card: Threshold 9 – The Future3.Watch:Bill Gates: Visions of the Future
17 SAMPLE YEAR-LONG COURSE PLANIn development | New/Revised content | Infographics and Threshold Cards included in BHP site, but not part of the lesson plans4.Watch:Crash Course Big History: The Deep Future 5.Read: Satyendra Nath Bose – Graphic Biography6.Read:“Biography of Sylvester James Gates, Jr”7.Activity: DQ Notebook8.Activity: The Future of Our Planet9.Lesson 10.2 Quiz