a) Big History: world history which embraces humankind as a whole and tells the story of the human journey in the much larger framework of both cosmic and planetary history; the history of everything since the big bang b) Cosmic Calendar: the entire history of the cosmos since the beginning of time scaled down to in a period of one year c) The Three Cs are:
Change: How human life has changed and developed over time and how that affected civilizations and people as a whole as new traditions and cultures began to form.
Comparison: The similarities and differences in the experience of the world’s peoples which are how they are distincted from each other and are what put a nation’s accomplishments and failures in context.