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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.

Map of Ichan Qala
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The Red Shoes
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Misión Basilica San Diego de Alcalá
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Progression of Napoleon’s Life
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Posada Broadsheet
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Children in the Slave Trade Table
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Early Modern Counter
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Nisa, The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak
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The Emperor and the Imperial Guard on the Island of Elba
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The Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday
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1919 Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum Annual Report
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Wearing Gay History
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Short Teaching Module: Teaching the Intersection of Gender and Race through Colonial Medical Texts
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Original Manuscripts of Anne Frank
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Malinche Sculpture
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