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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.

Short Teaching Module: Soviet Health Posters
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StoryMapJS: Maps that Tell Stories
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Vulgarly Called the Wanton
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The Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan
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Alexander Hamilton on the French Revolution
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Health Ordinances of Pistoia, 1348
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His Monument: Napoleon's Past and Future Are FIlled With Dead Bodies
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Cecil Rhodes monument, Cape Town, South Africa
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San José de Guadalupe
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Christopher Columbus monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Washington Post Announces Eisenhower's Reelection
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Fundraising for Palestinian Families in Jerusalem
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Analyzing Maps
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