Unit 1 Overview: What Is Big History?
Unit 1 Overview: What Is Big History? (8:43)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 01:00 What is the purpose of an origin story?
- 03:07 What are thresholds of increasing complexity?
- 05:14 How does learning about the scientific principles of our Universe fit into a history class?
- 05:39 What is scale switching?
- 06:16 What are the claim testers and why are they important in this course?
- 07:52 Why should we study more than just “recorded history”—all the stuff that came after writing was invented?