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Must have Lessons for Threshold 5

Jason Manning

Starting an oldie but goodie thread.  I am getting ready to start Threshold 5 on Monday and I am looking for the lessons that I cannot miss for the week?  Does anyone have an idea that is original or outside the BHP curriculum to inspire a new idea?  I would love to hear your thoughts and recommendations.  

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  • This doesn't actually answer your question  and I'm not nearly the BHP veteran that you are - but I did see that Netflix just released a new series called Life on Earth and I could not be more stoked to jump in. I'm not sure if I'll be able to watch in its entirety before I get to teach Threshold 5 but hopefully I'll be able to bookmark some clips for future use! 

  • in reply to Adam Esrig

     and  I watched two episodes last night and they are fabulous. Will I use them to teach threshold 5? I am finishing the unit so maybe next year I will select parts of the episodes I would like students to watch to get the narrative and the visuals. The introductory video gives an overall view of the series but I want to watch the other episodes to make a proper selection. From what I watched last nigth it does not follow exactly the Big History approach but there are powerful scenes that will help students conceptualize ideas. 

  • in reply to Laura Massa

     , how long are the episodes? Is this something that you would use as a whole episode, or just take pieces from?

  • in reply to Donnetta Elsasser

     the two episodes I watched were 60 minutes each and there are eight in total so I would select the segments I think are more important to illustrate crucial concepts. Unfortunately there is never enough time to cover everything we would like. 

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