Big History
Audio/Video Materials

Compiled by: W. Huitt
Last Revised: April 2014

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I.  Introduction

• Big History Project: Introduction
• David Christian (TED): Big History (2011)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)
• Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack (TEDx): Changing the World Through a Shared Cosmology (2011)
  • Conference Presentation (19 minutes)

II.  Threshold 1 (Creation)

• Big History Project: Threshold !-The Big Bang

III. Threshold 2 (Stars)

• Big History Project: Threshold 2-Stars Light Up
• History Channel: Stellar Evolution Explained (2007)
  • Professional Video (44 minutes)
• History Channel: Star Clusters Examined (2007)
  • Professional Video (45 minuts)

IV. Threshold 3 (Chemicals)

• Big History Project: New Chemical Elements

V. Threshold 4 (Planets)

• Big History Project: Earth and the Solar System
• History Channel: A Comet Strikes the Earth and Causes Major Devastation (2008)
  • Professional Video (45 minutes)

VI. Threshold 5 (Life)

• Big History Project: Life On Earth
• The Origin of Life Made Easy (2008)
  • Professional Video (6 minutes)
• NASA (WSJ): Life On Mars Was a Possibility (2013)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)

VII. Threshold 6 (Humanity)

• Big History Project: Collective Learning

VIII. Threshold 7 (Agriculture)

• Big History Project: Agriculture
• Will McClatchey (University of Hawaii): Origins of Agriculture (2012)
  • Introduction to Ethnobotony: Video 12 (47 minutes)

IX. Threshold 8 (Industry)

• Big History Project: The Modern Revolution
• Bill Blakemore: Turning Points in History: Scientific Revolution (2009)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)
• Bill Blakemore: Turning Points in History: Industrial Revolution (2009)

X. Threshold 9 (Digital)

Big History Project: The Future
• Ray Kurzweil (TED). How Technology's Accelerating Power Will Transform Us (2005)
  • Conference Presentation(23 minutes) 
• Eric Schmidt (Harvard): The New Digital Age (2013)
  • Interview (78 minutes)
• Erik Brynjolfsson (TED): The Key to Growth? Race With the Machines (2013)
  • Conference Presentation (12 minutes)
• Neil Howe: The Fourth Turning (2011)
  • Interview (29 minutes)
• Neil Howe: Are We in the Fourth Turning (2011)
  • Interview (7 minutes)