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Website review by Jennifer Sitkin, Common Sense Education | Updated November 2017
OER Project
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OER Project

Fascinating look at life's bigger questions with a fresh perspective

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Based on 4 reviews
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87%| Warning Expert evaluation by Common Sense
Grades
9–12
Subjects & Skills
English Language Arts, Social Studies, Character & SEL, Critical Thinking
Price:  Free
Platforms:  Website
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A timeline provides a graphic overview of Big History units.
Educators can watch a short video to learn about the project.
Activities challenge students to interact with the content.
Unit guides and materials are provided for every topic.
A large community of support resources are available.
Teachers can manage classes and assignments in the Console.

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Lisa E. , Classroom teacher
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Pick and Choose Resources to Lay Foundational Middle School Skills
As the name states, Big History is a great resource for helping students tackle big questions. The curriculum pulls together thematic resources from various civilizations to help students investigate important concepts like how humans populated the globe or how trade networks developed. Since I teach middle school, a lot of the material is too advanced. I like introducing students to this sort of thinking, though, and many of the resources are leveled. My class - mostly ancient civilizations with some m ...
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