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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.

AAAS Defends Edward Condon from HUAC, 1948
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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Louis Leaves His Family
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Childhood Obesity in the United States
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The World: Map of N. & S. America
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Bird Stone Figure from Papua New Guinea
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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People Reading the Gazette
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Misión San Antonio de Padua
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Misión San Juan Capistrano (California)
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Grid Map of Judicial Independence
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Short Teaching Module: Colonialism and Local Power
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Mexican Newspaper Reports on American Women Crossing the Border
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The Griots of West Africa
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Ark (Wooden Chest with Iron Locks)
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