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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.

Naval History and Heritage Command
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“The South African College and Its ‘Old Boys,’” 1886
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"How Some Children Played at Slaughtering"
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Ship Plan of a Late-19th Century Steamship
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Primer: Commodities
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The Acropolis Museum
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Schools for the Education of Chinese Girls
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Shell Pendant or Bead from Ecuador
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Decameron
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Silent Film Sheet Music
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Children and Toys
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Iglesia Colonial de Conchagua
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De Maistre, Considerations on France
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Olympic Games Poster, Stockholm, 1912.
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Portrait of Gaspar Sánchez
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