In 6 episodes, Emily Graslie continues telling you the story of “life, the universe, and everything” in Big History 2! This course challenges you to ask “why this stuff matters” and is based on the Big History Project social studies curriculum. By the end of this course, you will be able to: •Integrate physics, math, history, and more to tell a single story about people, civilizations, and how we are connected to everything around us •Zoom out to pose and refine scientific and historical questions •Outline the most powerful and important breakthroughs •Evaluate how we know what we know and why we’re sure we know it •Relate topics in Big History to contemporary humans and describe why they matter in our daily lives