Crash Course Big History
tv show

16 total episodes
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2 seasons
First Aired September 17, 2014
Overview
Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. It's a story about us. An idea that arose from a desire to go beyond specialized and self-contained fields of study to grasp history as a whole.
Big History 1
10 episodes
Air Date
September 16, 2014
Overview
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
The Big Bang
Episode 1 - 15m
September 17, 2014
Exploring the Universe
Episode 2 - 14m
September 24, 2014
The Sun & The Earth
Episode 3 - 14m
October 02, 2014
Life Begins
Episode 4 - 13m
October 08, 2014
The Evolutionary Epic
Episode 5 - 15m
October 29, 2014
Human Evolution
Episode 6 - 16m
November 05, 2014
Migrations and Intensification
Episode 7 - 13m
November 26, 2014
The Modern Revolution
Episode 8 - 13m
December 04, 2014
The Anthropocene and the Near Future
Episode 9 - 12m
December 11, 2014
The Deep Future
Episode 10 - 13m
January 09, 2015