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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: Commodities
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The Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday
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Short Teaching Module: Graffiti, Gender, and Youth (20th c.)
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Lady Florentia Sale Diary
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Short Teaching Module: Cultural Exchange Before Modern Times
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Video: Indian Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree
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Mausoleum of José de San Martín
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Tobacco Workers
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Indian textile fragment, 14th-15th century
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Anonymous Portrait
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Mapping the Republic of Letters
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Outward Cargo Manifest of the Rowena, 1841
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Archeological Collection of the Gold Museums
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Joyous Celebration at the New Year
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Girl Museum
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