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Maria Montessori hoped that an education based on this universal story could produce a new consciousness in children of our fundamental unity with our fellow humans, with all living things and with the universe itself.
An elementary school version of this integrated story of everything from the Big Bang to today has been promoted in Montessori elementary schools for most of the last century under the rubric of "Cosmic Education." For a fuller explanation of Montessori's approach, see "Children of the Universe: Cosmic Education in Montessori Elementary Classrooms" by Michael and D'Neil Duffy (Parent Child Press, 2002). Michael presented a paper on Big History at the American Montessori Society 2011 national conference in Chicago.
Jennifer Morgan, has written a trilogy of books for children on the creation of the universe (Born with a Bang), the emergence of life (From Lava to Life), and the evolution of humans (Mammals who Morph).
Also see And then there was you, by Erika Gronik, at Blurb Books and Lulu.com.
James Dunbar's BH comics are at http://jldunbar.com/JLDunbar.com/JLDunbar.html.
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