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    BIG HISTORY 1 (FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE 1 – 4FYE1)

    Ask the big questions about our Universe, our planet, life, and humanity. Explore 13.8 billion years of the
    past, but don’t stop there. How does Big History help us understand our present and inform our future? Where do
    we stand in the “Big History”? Where is GOD in the “Big History”?
    OVERVIEW OF MODULE 1

    Big History is a course that tells the story of the Universe from the Big Bang to the present, which
    means students are going to be looking at billions of years of history.
    In this module, students learn how stars were created, how they have changed the Universe, and why
    they play such an important role in Big History. Students learn how aging and dying stars created new
    elements, including the elements from which we are made. Finally, they learn how the Universe
    became more chemically complex as entirely new forms of matter, each with distinctive properties,
    began to appear in the space between stars.
    INTRODUCTION TO BIG HISTORY

    What Is Big History?

    Summary
    Big History is a unique history
    course because it strives to tell
    the history of the Universe
    from the Big Bang to the
    present, rather than focus on
    some smaller chunk of the
    story, as history courses have
    typically done. Because Big
    History answers questions
    about how the Universe began
    and the place of humans in the
    Universe, it is considered a
    modern, scientific origin story.

    Big History weaves expert


    thinking about the Universe
    into a coherent story, one that
    tells us about the way the
    world is, how we fit in, and
    where we are going. Big
    History is defined by looking at
    the entire span of history at
    different scales. It’s is a
    modern, scientific version of
    an origin story.
    Big History is a course
    that’s probably different
    from other history courses
    your students have taken.
    It covers a much bigger
    chunk of history than
    other history courses—all
    of it, in fact! It uses
    information from many
    academic disciplines—
    physics, astronomy,
    chemistry, biology, and
    anthropology—to tell its
    story. Big History focuses
    on how the Universe has
    become more complex
    over time.

    How did things get to be the way they are?


    How was the Universe created?
    Why are stars so big and humans so small?
    Why are we here in this part of the Universe?
    Why are humans so powerful? What does it mean to
    be human?
    Seeing yourselves as part of
    the history of everything can help you
    understand your place in the
    Universe. Big History brings together
    a broad range of historical accounts
    and many different temporal and
    spatial scales. In your own life, you
    can ask yourself, “What is my first
    memory?” Or you can ask about your
    family history or the history of your
    country. But you can also ask about
    the history of humanity, of life on
    Earth, or of the Solar System. In the
    same way, you can ask about the
    history of the entire Universe, and you
    can then try to see how all these
    stories fit together.

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