The Big History Project

In this task you will create a presentation that examines a topic from our History course.

Step 1. Choose a topic of interest to you

Step 2 Formulate an historical question or proposition (statement) that has a particular focus about your topic and have it approved by your teacher.

Step 3 Once your topic is finalised with your teacher, read and research as much as you can about the topic. 

  • The finished project must represent your work as a pair. 

  • Format: Can be anything from artifacts, posters, board games, websites, models, film. See below for suggestions

  • It may invite some kind of response: quiz, survey, comment, an evaluation, music, poetry, an action plan, mapping, interaction of some kind.

The following topics we examined in class are a good place to start.

  • Out of Africa

  • The Olmec's

  • Ancient Australia

  • Ancient Greece

  • Ancient China

Examples of ideas to investigate

  1. Paleo diet club. Explain the benefits of a paleo diet, why should people eat like a Palaeolithic person?

  2. Neolithic farmers confederation (NFC). What did the Neolithic revolution do for the world?

  3. The Cuneiform writers guild. Outline the benefits of going back to a cuneiform script

  4. Make Olmec's Great Again! They were lost but now they are found.

  5. The Olmec Tourism Board. Encourage people to come to Mexico and reconnect with the Olmec's

  6. Olmec soccer club. The world game would be better if it included some Olmec soccer rules.

  7. Olympic committee. Come to the Olympics!

  8. Greek gods outreach. Explain the benefits of believing in the Greek Gods again.

  9. Greek theatre performance

  10. Greek culture society. How did Ancient Greek culture shape the modern world? (significance)

  11. China philosophy outreach. Explain the benefits of believing in Chinese philosophy or one of the belief systems (EG Lao Tzu).

  12. Silk Road trade show organiser. Making world trade great again.

  13. Ancient China Neighbourhood Committee. Daily life in China

 

  • Evidence: How do we know what we know?

  • Continuity and Change: How have things changed or continued over time?

  • Cause and Effect: What caused an event or series of events, and what are the lasting effects?

  • Significance: How significant was an event, what was its legacy?  

  • Perspectives: What were the perspectives of people in the past and how do perspectives on the past differ today?

  • Empathy: What was life really like for individuals?

  • Contestability: When aspects of history are up for debate due to a lack of evidence different opinions.