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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.

Map of Poverty in Mexico
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Economic Declaration of Nonaligned Countries
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Remarks on Chinese Character and Customs
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Teaching Traditional Polynesian Navigation
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Newspaper Coverage of Pearl Harbor Bombing
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Shopping queue in Wrocław
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“Contraste” by Joaquín Torres García
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Ceramic Female Figure from Ecuador
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Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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Hicky's Bengal Gazette
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Analyzing Primary Sources on the History of Children & Youth
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Source Collection: Korean Colonial-Era Children’s Literature
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Misión San Estévan del Rey de Ácoma
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Enslaved and Free Blacks in Saint Domingue
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The Scout's and King's African Rifles Uniforms
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