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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.

Primer: Oceans
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Bonaparte, First Consul, Putting Away His Sword after the General Peace
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Video: March of Flags from 1929 Boy Scout World Jamboree
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For the glory of Ireland
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Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857
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Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo
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Map of the Outskirts of Mexico City
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Primer: Transnational History
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The School Journal, 1907 - [Magazine]
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Long Teaching Module: Education in the Middle East, 1200-2010
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Portrait of Manuel Mansilla
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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Bar Miztvah
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Anonymous Portrait
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