Thursday, January 2, 2020

Big History A New Form Of History - 1190 Words

Holley Trimble Paper 2-13 Dr. Stone November 12, 2014 Big History Big History, which was developed by David Christian and Bill Gates, is a new form of history that is continuously popping up in several high schools and colleges across the country. It has been quietly but rapidly growing throughout the course of the past three years due to its new concept of how history can be taught. Focusing on the universe and how everything is linked. Throughout my paper I will inform you of where Big History derived from, what Big History is and how it compares with conventional history, and the advantages of Big History along with the disadvantages. Big History which was already in a way developed by David Christian did not get its jump start†¦show more content†¦He also was prepared to personally fund the project outside of his foundation and that he wanted to be personally involved with the process. Gates told Christian to think about it and to email him if he was interested, which Christian did soon after. The two men began working on adapting the college course into a high school curriculum which would make it easy to teach to any high school student on a variety of learning levels. Gates insisted that the course include a strong digital component along with digital timelines. The site would be open to the public but have a password protected forum for teachers to trade notes and be able to update them if necessary. Gates decided that the course would be pitched to individual schools, rather than entire districts, that way it could grow and improve as it did so. In 2011, the Big History Project debuted in five high schools, but in the three years since Christian and Gates have accelerated its growth. In the fall of 2014 the course was offered free to over 1,000 schools across the country which will reach around 15,000 students. They hope to further expand their project so that it is offered everywhere in the country. Now to talk about what Big History is and how it is different from conventional history. Big History arose from a desire to go beyond the specialized and self-contained fields, it tries to grasp history as a whole, looking for mutual themes across numerous time scales in history. It is

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