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We also know about quite a few international schools implementing the course, particularly in Hong Kong and Singapore. Generally, schools in the US have used Big History as a substitute for traditional courses in world history. About 90 per cent of the schools teaching the curriculum are in the US and Australia. It started in 2010 and is currently taught in 1,600-1,700 schools. Sophie-Marie Odum (SMO): Tell me more about the Big History ProjectĮmanuele Pesoli (EP): It’s an online curriculum, which is used to teach history in a more interdisciplinary way. It offers potentially interesting connections with IB programmes, which has led to a new collaboration between the Big History Project and the Middle Years Programme (MYP).Įmanuele Pesoli, IB Curriculum Manager for MYP Individuals and Societies, shares the plans with IB World magazine editor Sophie-Marie Odum, and explains how schools can get involved. The Big History Project was inspired by the work of historian David Christian and is supported by Bill Gates. It’s a powerful combination of interdisciplinary learning, an inquiry-based approach and a concept-driven curriculum, all focused on exploring the history of the universe from the ‘Big Bang’ to the present. Looking for ways to make your history lessons more exciting and inspire deeper learning? Big History could be an answer, the IB’s Emanuele Pesoli tells IB World magazineīig History is “a social studies course that runs on jet fuel”, as described by the founders of the Big History Project. Octoin IB Community Stories, Middle Years Programme (MYP)