Below are a number of books, articles, curricula, and websites that present Our Common Story.  This is hardly an exhaustive list. The list is broken up into "Introductions to Big History," "Curricula," and "For Children."  Send additional submissions to commonstory @ metanexus.net.

Introductions to Big History

Chaisson, Eric. Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press: 2001.

Chaisson, Eric. Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos. New York. Columbia University Press: 2006.

Christian, David. Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History. Berkeley, CA. University of California Press: 2004.

Berry, Thomas. Dream of the Earth. San Francisco, CA. Sierra Club Books: 1983.

Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition. New York. Broadway Books: [2003] 2005.

Liebes, et. al., Sidney. Walk Through Time. Hoboken, NJ. Wiley & Sons: 1998.

McNeil, Robert and J.R. McNeil. The Human Web: A Bird's Eye View of World History. New York. Norton: 2003.

Miller, Editor, James. The Epic of Evolution: Science and Religion in Dialogue. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson/Prentice Hall: 2004.

Ponting, Clive. A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations. New York. Penguin: 2007.

Primack, Joel and Nancy Ellen Abrams. The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos. New York. Riverhead: 2006.

Shulman, Eric. A Briefer History of Time. New York. St. Martin's Press: 1990.

Schrödinger, Edwin. What is Life?. New York. Cambridge University Press: 2003.

Sissons, Terry Herman. The Big Bang to Now: A Time Line. North Charleston, SC. BookSurge: 2006.

Spier, Fred. The Structure of Big History. Amsterdam. Amsterdam University Press: 1996.

Brown, Cynthia Stokes. Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present. New York. New Press: 2007.

Rodrigue, Barry and Daniel Stasko. A Big History Directory, 2010: An Introduction. Portland, ME. University of Southern Maine: 2010.

Curricula

Chaisson, Eric. Cosmic Evolution: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Boston, MA. Tufts University: 2010.

Christian, David et. al.. World History for All of Us. San Diego. San Diego State Univesity: 2010.

Environment, Economics, and Conflicts

Cobb, Jr., John B. and Herman Daly. For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable.... Boston. Beacon Press: 1989.

Beinhocker, Eric. The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Business Press: 2006.

Dyer, Gwynne. War: The Lethal Custom. New York. Carroll & Graf: 2004.

McNeil, J. Robert. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth Century. New York. W.W. Norton: 2000.

Interpreting Our Common Story

Dowd, Michael. Thank God for Evolution!. New York. Viking: 2007.

Kotre, John. The Story of Everything: A Parable of Creation and Evolution. New York. Rowman & Littlefield: 2007.

For Children

Morgan, Jennifer. Born with a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story. Nevada City, CA. Dawn Publications: 2002.

Morgan, Jennifer. From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth Story. Nevada City, CA. Dawn Publications: 2003.

Morgan, Jennifer. Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story. Nevada City, CA. Dawn Publications: 2006.