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OER Project is a family of free, online social studies curricula. Aligned to state standards and easily adaptable. Come say hello!

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We're giving away $5,000 and a job to make videos for Big History Project. Enter the contest: http://t.co/xmVeDl9G1Q http://t.co/PAATi24Fbn
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David Christian wowed #TED2011 with his talk on big history. See it and learn more about #bighistoryproject http://bh-p.co/gSfz78
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Big History Project is 10 years old! To celebrate, we’re sharing several new videos that have been added to the OER Project this year. Check them out in our 10-year anniversary video series below, and read more about this milestone here:
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Artist Ray Troll's geologic timescale illustrates the unique group of fossils from each time period: http://t.co/YtcXmTxWSC
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The #StarWars trilogy can help students understand the three landmark moments in America’s civil rights movement.
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Words of wisdom from our Founding Fathers on the #FourthofJuly .
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Human knowledge doubles every 12 months. But soon it could double every 12 hours:
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever: #edchat
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Share the class activity you use to really get your students thinking. #WhyITeach
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Transform students into detectives and go beyond the limitations of textbooks: http://t.co/8bm0ZFgmLJ #sschat #mschat http://t.co/sjmEkludCV
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever.
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As students engage with discipline-specific texts, it’s our job to help students internalize their learning.
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever: #edchat
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History, science, and English don't have to be kept in silos. Big History supports an interdisciplinary approach!
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If you teach history, you teach writing: #satchat #edchat
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more crucial than ever. Teach BHP:
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Teachers! Want access to lesson plans, videos, and texts for varying reading levels:
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Ray Troll's geologic timescale illustrates the unique group of fossils from each time period
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Have students compare maps from different times and places, then create their own: #ctchat
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3,000 years ago, people started trying to figure out how they fit into the world by inventing a new tool: the map.
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Two delicious ingredients that belong together: science and history. Register to teach a course that agrees: #edchat
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If you teach history, you teach writing: #satchat #edchat
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever: #edchat
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Step into Marco Polo’s shoes as he adventures through the Silk Road in this virtual lab:
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Break it down! This series of activities lets students hone one writing skill at a time.
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever. Start teaching Big History Project for free:
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever. Start teaching Big History Project for free:
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about what the world is really like today:
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Our teachers' reading list just in time for the summer: #NationalBookLoversDay
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Prepping for the new school year? Check out these ready-for-the classroom course plans:
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The Silk Road was like Earth’s original Internet - a linked network of communication nodes:
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: #sschat
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How do you map an ancient city? Instead of pulling out pencils and paper, the de Young Museum turned to Minecraft.
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Show students how a hypothesis turns into an accepted theory with this activity: #teaching
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If you teach history, you teach writing: #satchat #edchat
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Why an interdisciplinary approach to #history helps prepare students for the real world:
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World History Teachers! Teach students to be critical thinkers in this information age:
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Several major world religions emerged between 1200 BCE and 700 CE. Why this era? #histed
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The Romans paid their soldiers with salt. Watch to learn why this mineral is so valuable. #edchat #histchat
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: #sschat
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World History Teachers! Teach students to be critical thinkers in this information age:
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History, science, and English don't have to be kept in silos. Big History supports an interdisciplinary approach!
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Transform students into detectives by exploring beyond the limitations of textbooks: #edchat
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: #sschat
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If you teach history, you teach writing: #edchat #history
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: #sschat
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This BHP teacher replaced World History with BHP & his students were prepared for state exams: #sschat #worldhistory
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Have your students analyze propaganda and how it can be used to influence people:
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more crucial than ever. Teach BHP:
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The Maya calculated a solar year within 17 seconds of modern astronomers: #scichat
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Why should you accept a theory? Explore this central question with your students: #teaching
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks:
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Charts, maps and graphs not your students' fav? This BHP activity takes the yawn out of Geography. #sschat #edchat
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Have your students analyze propaganda and how it can be used to influence people:
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: #sschat #edchat #histchat
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Help students grasp the impact of the industrial revolution on today's jobs: #wrldchat #pbl
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Why teach world history? Here’s one teacher’s take: “World history connects us as a human race. We must be knowledgeable about each other in order to be our best self.” Why do you teach world history?
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Build students' #ELA research & persuasive writing skills using Big History investigations:
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“Education is like getting familiar with a landscape. Sometimes you have to climb as high as possbile to see it all. That’s what Big History does, as it moves between different scales.” - @davidgchristian #NCSS17
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How did nothing turn into something 13.8 billion years ago? Watch to find out.
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When humans began farming, things really started to change. #sschat #worldhistory
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Now introducing our new course, World History Project! This free, online course is full of the articles, videos, and activities that you need to help your students connect more deeply to history. #NCSS19 Learn more here:
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Are we alone? What was science fiction 30 years ago is becoming real science today.
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Have students compare maps from different times and places, then create their own: #ctchat
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This catchy song from @asapscience makes learning all 118 periodic elements much easier: http://t.co/dCAQknn9Ji http://t.co/kGSm3HlVjl
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Where did early humans move after Africa? Mapping can help students understand: #histed
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Use this card game to challenge your students' ideas about how the world looks: http://t.co/AXEBodFLMw #sschat http://t.co/b2hSOJVeZr
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If you teach history, you teach writing.
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Big History's founder David Christian has written a new book, "Origin Story," that will be published on May 22. Fans of the Big History Project get an extra-special sneak peek and can download an entire chapter for free here:
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Show students how a hypothesis turns into an accepted theory with this activity: #teaching
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In an age of “fake news” and conflicting truths, teaching critical thinking is more important than ever.
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The world's largest jigsaw puzzle—the tectonic plates that make up Earth's outer shell:
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Artist Ray Troll's geologic timescale illustrates the unique group of fossils from each time period #satchat #sschat
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Show students how a hypothesis turns into an accepted theory with this investigation: #PBL
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What can your students learn about a culture based on its human rights documents?
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“Much of science is in fact history as told by nature." #teaching
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Big questions don't usually have one answer. #BigHistory teaches an interdisciplinary approach to learning.
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Without a shared definition system, psychology will continue to be a “collection of studies." Dr. Gregg Henriques explains what a "Big History" view of psychology looks like.
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: #sschat #edchat #histchat
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Have students compare the effect geography had on civilizations in this activity: #mschat
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What role does the future have in a history class? It's the key to inspiring students to sculpt the world around them: #MondayMotivation
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Use claim testing to help students tackle challenging ideas in reading, writing & discussion:
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13.8B years of #history told through engaging videos, animations, articles & activities #pbl
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Transform students into detectives by exploring beyond the limitations of textbooks: #ntchat
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History is an attempt to understand both our insignificance and our significance. To study history is to better understand the world and your place in it.
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"I wasn’t looking forward to it at all, and then I grew to love the class.” How Big History is winning over students: http://t.co/zlxtqZhwNH
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Teach students to be critical thinkers in the information age: #satchat #edchat
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If you teach history, you teach writing: #satchat #edchat
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A huge congratulations to our scavenger hunt winners! Thanks to everyone who participated. #NCSS19
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Do biology and chemistry have a place in a history course? Absolutely! Learn more:
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Artist Ray Troll's geologic timescale illustrates the unique group of fossils from each time period #satchat #sschat
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History can be ugly. But the worst chapters of our past teach us how to create a better present and future: #edchat
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Use this card game to challenge your students’ ideas about how the world looks: http://t.co/45amyzTtqG #sschat http://t.co/LR8WOfcpe8
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History can be ugly. But the worst chapters of our past teach us how to create a better present and future: #edchat
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This teacher pounced on the opportunity to use BHP Score reports as an teaching tool. Cue: student writing growth.
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Don’t worry about knowing everything, teach students how to learn: #edchat
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It sounds like he would have loved your Big History class! #WhyITeach
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Move over, Bono. Help your students achieve writing rock-star status with this classroom activity!
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Have students compare maps from different times and places, then create their own: #ctchat
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Nationalism is a hot topic all around the globe right now.  These 19th century examples will likely get your class buzzing about 21st century politics.
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