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Title Teaching big history / edited by Richard B. Simon, Mojgan Behmand, and Thomas Burke.
Publisher Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Copyright date ©2015



Descript 1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE CASE FOR BIG HISTORY; 1. What Is Big History?; 2. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education; 3. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education; 4. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring; 5. Big History at Other Institutions; PART TWO: A PRACTICAL PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING BIG HISTORY; 6. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context; 7. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang; 8. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies
9. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars10. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth; 11. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth; 12. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo sapiens; 13. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution; 14. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization; 15. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures; 16. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom; 17. Activities for Multiple Thresholds; 18. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History
19. A Little Big History of Big HistoryPART THREE: BIG HISTORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS; 20. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story; 21. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion; 22. The Case for Awe; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
ISBN 9780520959385 (electronic bk.)
0520959388 (electronic bk.)
9780520283541 (Cloth)
0520283546 (Cloth)
9780520283558 (Paper)
0520283554 (Paper)
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Subject History -- Study and teaching.
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching.
Alt author Simon, Richard B., 1971- editor.
Behmand, Mojgan, editor.
Burke, Thomas, 1957- editor.
Descript 1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE CASE FOR BIG HISTORY; 1. What Is Big History?; 2. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education; 3. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education; 4. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring; 5. Big History at Other Institutions; PART TWO: A PRACTICAL PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING BIG HISTORY; 6. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context; 7. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang; 8. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies
9. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars10. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth; 11. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth; 12. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo sapiens; 13. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution; 14. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization; 15. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures; 16. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom; 17. Activities for Multiple Thresholds; 18. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History
19. A Little Big History of Big HistoryPART THREE: BIG HISTORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS; 20. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story; 21. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion; 22. The Case for Awe; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
ISBN 9780520959385 (electronic bk.)
0520959388 (electronic bk.)
9780520283541 (Cloth)
0520283546 (Cloth)
9780520283558 (Paper)
0520283554 (Paper)
Subject History -- Study and teaching.
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching.
Alt author Simon, Richard B., 1971- editor.
Behmand, Mojgan, editor.
Burke, Thomas, 1957- editor.

Subject History -- Study and teaching.
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching.
Descript 1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE CASE FOR BIG HISTORY; 1. What Is Big History?; 2. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education; 3. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education; 4. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring; 5. Big History at Other Institutions; PART TWO: A PRACTICAL PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING BIG HISTORY; 6. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context; 7. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang; 8. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies
9. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars10. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth; 11. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth; 12. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo sapiens; 13. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution; 14. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization; 15. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures; 16. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom; 17. Activities for Multiple Thresholds; 18. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History
19. A Little Big History of Big HistoryPART THREE: BIG HISTORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS; 20. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story; 21. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion; 22. The Case for Awe; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Alt author Simon, Richard B., 1971- editor.
Behmand, Mojgan, editor.
Burke, Thomas, 1957- editor.
ISBN 9780520959385 (electronic bk.)
0520959388 (electronic bk.)
9780520283541 (Cloth)
0520283546 (Cloth)
9780520283558 (Paper)
0520283554 (Paper)

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