Please don't remove the old version of the course....

There are some resources (assets) that are no longer available on the site - might there be an "archive" or some place they can be found? Bridgette OConnor Mike Weisensel 

Thanks for the tag Adam Esrig and Matt Kert we are gathering data now to make a case for the possibility of supporting both versions of the course. If you'd like to download the BHP materials, you can do so here for the old version: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xpOAj-fqhEDtO9CSjEhe46bw82srEEGj And then you can also find the full versions of the current courses that are easy to download to Google here: https://www.oerproject.com/OER-Materials/OER-Media/HTML-Articles/Teacher-Resources/Teacher-Resources-Gated/OER-Project-and-Google 

Thanks so much Bridgette OConnor 
This is the first time I've really gotten to teach BHP in one year. I actually really like the new sequencing but I've also gotten enough experience teaching the course (as a half year course for remedial students at our school) and viewing the work of others to know that there are some really great assets that were dropped. I'm trying to merge the best of both. 

Yes, please!  I have been using the BHP curriculum since 2015 to teach World History in a STEM Academy and I would really like to keep the old BHP program alive.  It was a much better fit for my 10th grade STEM students.  I have missed some of the rigor -specifically  historical thinking, multi-disciplinary study, and writing skills.  While I appreciate some of the condensing of the earliest units to allow me more time with the World History content, I do miss the way my students got excited about seeing how history and science work together.  Plus, the new BHP program pretty much loses the World History content.  There is almost none and it no longer meets the standards for World History in California.  This year, I used Units 1-4 from the new BHP (with a few additions from the old BHP) and have now transitioned to using Units 7 on from the old BHP.  This is what makes the most sense for my students.  Please, keep both programs available. 

 Adam Esrig this is exactly how I feel. This year, I've had several moments of thank goodness I downloaded that video/worksheet/etc. to my drive. I feel like it's a race against time to preview all of the amazing new materials while also considering what parts from before I want to keep.

Former Teacher Leader here. It is a travesty what Big History has been deluded into. For those of us still able to teach the full version it would be great to be able to access the old curriculum. And I still hold hope that OER will at the very least offer two versions of the course...or let some of us branch off and keep the full course going on our own.

 Bridgette OConnor I was able to download the old version almost in its entirety, and I’m very glad I did. I also want to highlight that I have incorporated all of the new short videos—they are concise, extremely well illustrated, and do an excellent job supporting the explanations. From a pedagogical standpoint, they are simply fabulous and well suited to the 6–8 minute attention span of my students.

That said, next year my school will offer Big History as an Honors course, so many of the materials I’ve been using from the old version will be incorporated into this more advanced class.

I concur with Lorie Lucas that the older version of Big History aligns very well with a STEM approach. As my school is making a deliberate effort to strengthen STEM/Social Studies integration, the traditional version of Big History is an excellent fit. It would a plus if both versions are kept. 

Hi Laura Massa ! I'm so pleased to hear that you and your students are enjoying the new videos:) I totally understand that there will need to be some cobbling together of old and new for a Big History Honors course. 

And Lorie Lucas it sounds like you have a great approach to meshing together the old and the new for your STEM focus. 

And Joe Baginski , I get how it can be confusing and frustrating to have the middle school course featured prominently on the site but we do still have the high school version of the course on our site this year.

You can also still access all of the current (high school) course materials via Google Drive and save those to Google Classroom or your school's preferred LMS. These materials will always be available for teachers.