Big History 1

In 10 episodes John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about, well, everything. It’s Big History! This course will take you on a whirlwind journey from the creation to the death of the universe and is based on the Big History Project (https://www.bighistoryproject.com/about) social studies curriculum. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

*Integrate physics, math, history, and more to tell a single story about people, civilizations, and how we are connected to everything around us

*Zoom out to pose and refine scientific and historical questions

*Contextualize the tremendous scale of existence

*Outline the most powerful and important breakthroughs

*Evaluate how we know what we know and why we’re sure we know it