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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.

Majalis al-‘ushshak: Gathering in a Mosque
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Schools for the Education of Chinese Girls
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Social Capital in World History: Lyon and Pittsburgh as Examples
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Misión Nuestra Señora del Refugio
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Chilean Consul Writes of Immigrants Needing Assistance, 1864
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Buddha Sheltered by a Naga
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Portón de Campo
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Misión Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña
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Middle Ages for Educators
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Connections and the Long Cold War in Nicaragua
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Women from Bohemia
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Efforts at Controlling Yellow Fever
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Misión Santa Inés
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Disciplining Children in the Codex Mendoza
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