My father is a professional historian who specializes in the Founding Fathers, especially George Washington. I recall a conversation I had with him, perhaps when I was an undergraduate, when I asked ...

A timeline from “Big History” shows the scope of the course. Ever want to learn like Bill Gates? Now you can. Bill Gates announced today that the course Big History is now available for students who ...

blew me away. Here’s a guy who’s read across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences and brought it together in a single framework. It made me wish that I could have taken big history when I was ...

When Karen Christensen founded Berkshire Publishing in Great Barrington, Mass., in 1998, to package encyclopedias, the term "big history," which refers to a multidisciplinary approach to world history ...

One of billionaire Bill Gates' newest ventures is trying to change how students learn history by promoting an interdisciplinary approach called "Big History." As detailed in a recent feature in The ...

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston narrates this illuminating History channel series that shows the big picture, connecting the dots between major historical events in interesting, interdisciplinary ...

The New York Times Magazine chronicles the Big History Project, a new history curriculum funded by Bill Gates that is rapidly being taken up by high schools across the country. Mr. Gates financed the ...