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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.

The League of Nations Archive
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Codex Mendoza
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Life Histories (Chile) Table
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Adding and Subtracting with an Early Modern Counting Board
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Two Girls Carrying Children
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The Chinese Boy and Girl
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In Search of Glory: Bonaparte’s Bulletins
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The Whole Duty of Woman
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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Short Teaching Module: Soviet Health Posters
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Majalis al-‘ushshak: Gathering in a Mosque
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National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges
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Analyzing Primary Sources on the History of Children & Youth
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The Royal and Imperial Family of Napoleon
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Source Collection: Slavery and the Haitian Revolution
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