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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.

Long Teaching Module: Parents, Children, and Political Authority in 19th century Argentina
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“Contraste” by Joaquín Torres García
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Short Teaching Module: Childhood and Transatlantic Slavery
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Primer: Defining World History
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Video: Indian Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree
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Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
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Altar from the Classic Maya Period
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Plans for Social Housing in France
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Cueva de los Manos, Rio Pinturas
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Meiji Era School Attendence
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Death Mask of Pancho Villa
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Kasai Velvet, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Scenes from Andrzej Wajda’s film, Man of Iron (1981)
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Analyzing Maps
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Primer: Comparative History
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