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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.

Misión Santa Clara de Asís
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Bronx Schoolyard
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Akkamahadevi
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Anonymous Portrait
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Misión San Francisco de Asís
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Primer: Defining World History
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A Continent Divided: The U.S. - Mexico War
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From John Bartholomew, Literary and historical atlas of America
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The Prophet Muhammad and A’isha
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Nisa, The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak
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Short Teaching Module: Orphans and Colonialism (17th c.)
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Census of 1910 tuberculosis data
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Gin Lane (1751)
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Letter from the Nicaraguan embassy
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The Third Estate Marrying Priests with Nuns
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