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World History Commons

An open educational resource with peer-reviewed content for world and global history teachers, scholars, and students. This website provides more than 1,700 annotated primary sources, 100 teaching guides, 30 overviews of methods and approaches, and 250 website reviews. To learn more, consult this guide to using the site and our video guides for community college settings.

Little Women, “The Valley of the Shadow”
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The Batavia Castle
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Sorghaghtani Beki and Tolui
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Connections and the Long Cold War in Nicaragua
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"We can stop this Makapuu madness!"
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Ideal ration recipe
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The Griots of West Africa
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Emmerton Letter, 1926
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Nok Terracotta Sculptures
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Ruins of the Convento de San Francisco
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Long Teaching Module: Children in the Slave Trade
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Newspaper Coverage of Pearl Harbor Bombing
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Primer: Transcultural History
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London Newspaper
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Letter to Council Women
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