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Contents

Volume 6 • Number 3

October 2009

Editor's Message

Forum on Big History

Introduction

by Craig Benjamin, Guest Editor

Big History: The Emergence of an Interdisciplinary Science?

by Fred Spier

"A child said, 'What is the grass?'": Reflections on the Big History of the Poaceae

by Jonathan Markley

A Geologial Perspective on Big History

by Walter Alvarez

What Is a Civilization, Anyway?

by Cynthia Stokes Brown

"Contingency, Pattern and the S-curve in Human History"

by David Christian

'The Convergence of Logic, Faith and Values in the Modern Creation Myth'

by Craig Benjamin

Challenges and Opportunities: Reflections on Teaching Big History Discussion Sections

by Lauren McArthur Harris and Sarah Hamilton

Articles

A Big History Directory, 2009: An Introduction

by Barry Rodrigue and Daniel Stasko

Bringing Big History Down to Classroom Size: Concepts and Resources

by John Maunu

Using a Japanese War Crime Trial Simulation to Expand Students' Understanding of the Roots of Wartime Atrocities, Mass Killings and Genocide

by Anthony Pattiz

Engaging Students to Act Like Historians: Ideas to Entice Thoughtful Collaboration and Positive Interactions Before Students Begin to Complain that History is Boring!

by James A. Diskant

Why do students find reading history challenging?

by Sharon Cohen

Interview

Interview with John McNeill

by Tom Laichas

Featured Review

A Short History of Big History

by William Everdell

Book Reviews

Mazower, Mark, Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430–1950

by Steve Goldberg

Genet, Cheryl, Russell Genet, et.al., eds., The Evolutionary Epic: Science's Story and Humanity's Response

by Helen Grady

Yasutaro (Keiho) Soga, Life Behind Barbed Wire: The World War II Internment Memoirs of a Hawai'i Issei

by Alan Rosenfeld


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