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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.

Source Collection: Pennsylvania Newspapers React to Refugees from Haitian Revolution
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Short Teaching Module: Controversial Historical Monuments
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Source Collection: Monarchy Embattled
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San Antonio Convent
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A Visual Guide to the Cold War
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The Crushed Aristocracy
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People Reading the Gazette
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Primer: Borderlands History
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World map by Henricus Martellus
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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New Zealand, Maoris at Their Talking House
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Food
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Majalis al-‘ushshak: Gathering in a Mosque
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Painting of Imelda Marcos, Philippine First Lady
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Nutmeg and the Spice Wars in Southeast Asia
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