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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.

Activity: Material Culture and Childhood (20th c.)
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Teatro Nacional Cervantes
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The Prophet Muhammad and A’isha
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Wearing Gay History
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Through Me You Are All Brothers
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Slavery, Law, & Power
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Short Teaching Module: Spatial Histories of Law, Race and Empire
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Source Collection: Slavery and the Haitian Revolution
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Nautical Chart, 1385
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Shell Pendant or Bead from Ecuador
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A Hindu Princess Committing Sati against the Wishes of Emperor Akbar
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Celebrating Napoleon's Birthday on the Island of St. Helena
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Newspaper Report on Pan-African Congress's Response to U.S. Lynchings
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Primer: Commodities
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The Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday
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