Is this a new concept to you or have you heard of it before? Overall, this is not a new concept. In fact, this concept of human history has been taught before any modern inventions. As modernization came to be, it allowed for the formally written recording of this re-told human story.
Does it seem logical to you that history could be taught this way? Yes, in researching what Big History means, the understanding of the past is a hard thing to do. With so many limitations that we as humans have had in the technology of the last century. I did find an article and project that summed up a direct and complementary way of learning what Big History is, "Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. It's a story about us." (Cynthia Stokes Brown - https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home).
This simplified way of conveying a jammed pack theory to all is a better way for me to understand and relate to human history. This "relating" is what makes it personal to me which allows for me to be connected. What are we if not connected to history? We are just primordial ooze with no direction. And direction is what humans need and desire to make sense of something we are discovering.
From the Big bang to dinosaurs, walking upright to learning how to fly has inspired us all to strive for more knowledge. This drive that helps us learn from our history to under the future is inherent to us already, so why not teach in this manner.
The use of a timeline has greatly enhanced our delivery of periodic phases and the focus of a particular time to discuss in detail. There are three sources that have been added to help understand the clarity of the use of a timeline in a chronological order to help teach Big History in today's classes.
Big History: https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Smithsonian Institute: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive
Graphic Illustration: https://andreimarius.com/human-history-timeline
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