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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.

South African Native Affairs Commission report on education
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Map of Land Grant for Cornell University, 1877
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Engraving of a Rechentisch (Counting Board)
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Piglas-Diwa newsletter/booklet
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The Obelisk of Buenos Aires
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Pound Homestead
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai
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Triumph of the Year 1813
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Travel writing of al-Biruni, 11th century Persian scholar
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Bronx Schoolyard
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Hippolyte Taine on the French Revolution
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Rockefeller Foundation Report Concerning the Yellow Fever Vaccine
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Lapita Pottery from the Santa Cruz Islands
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Chinese Troops during the Xinhai Revolution
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