Origins, Vol IV, Nmbr 3 (International Big History Association Newsletter)
An article by Carlos Eduardo Sacchi and one on the Deep Time Journey network by Jennifer Morgan.
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Category: Big History
Walk Through Time Exhibit
The exhibit includes 95 collapsing A-frame easels with the panels mounted. They are stored and transported in an 18 foot trailer and pulled by a truck or SUV. The trailer also contains tools, spare parts and an instruction manual for set-up and take-down. Fifteen Billion Years in the Life . . A breathtaking, vibrantly illustrated […]
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Awakening the Cartesian Dreamer:Universal Values in Solidarity in an Evolutionary Universe
Describes the process of awakening happening globally through the four step dynamic of the Pachamama Alliance’s Awakening the Dreamer. To heal our cartesian alienationThomas Berry advised us to engage a fourfold wisdom conversation : the wisdoms of science, religion, indigenous peoples and women. As a result of this conversation and recognizing ourselves within the deep […]
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Awakening the Cartesian Dreamer: Universal Values in Solidarity with an Evolutionary Universe
Article reviews the steps of the social transformation happening globally using tAwakening the Dreamer symposium’s four questions. Identifies six universal values common to all indigenous and world religions and how they are evoked as a result of a fourfold wisdom conversation of science, religion, indigenous peoples and women.
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Otodate by by the Japanese artist Hakio Suzuki
Simple and beautiful, just a mark on the floor combining 2 steps with the form of the ears, this is the place for the Japanese artist and performer Akio Suzuki to listen deeply the soundscape around him. This very simple practice by the artist of listening deeply our environment is a interesting way to introduce […]
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Big History: Between Nothing and Everything. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014.
Written by three big historians with long experience of teaching big history, this is the first college level textbook on big history. It updates the big history narrative, incorporates the core idea of Thresholds of Increasing Complexity, adds further readings and resources, and also chapter questions and many illustrations, maps and diagrams. Nine of the […]
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Cynthia Stokes Brown, Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present. 2nd ed. New York: New Press. 2012. 1st ed, 2007.
This short book (250 pages) tells big history for a general audience in clear, non-academic language, yet well documented. The general theme is of the human history portion is humans in their environment, connected by food.
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Cosmic Education — Keynote Address for AMS (American Montessori Society)
Keynote by Jennifer Morgan at the 2013 national American Montessori Society Conference in Orlando, FL. It’s an overview the Montessori Cosmic Education Curriculum and how it relates to other efforts to contextualize all subjects inside the story of the universe, and how it can deeply engage children of all learning styles at the Elementary Level […]
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Big Questions about Big History in U.S. Schools
This keynote talk by Bob Bain was given at the Metanexus symposium on Teaching Big History at the Harvard Club of New York on September 21, 2013. Bob Bain shares the experiences of the teachers and students participating in the Big History Project and argues that the curriculum is the key to solving a number […]
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International Big History Association (IBHA) Members’ Newsletter: November 2013
IBHA Members’ Newsletter: November 2013
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