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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.

"The Problems of Third World Development"
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The Natural History of a Chinese Girl
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A Mother's Power
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Son of Saint–Louis Going Up to Heaven . . .
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Gender Roles among the Nahua in the Codex Mendoza
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"Yellow fever in Dakar – There is no epidemic"
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Misión San Fernando Rey de España
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A Visual Guide to the Cold War
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Suffrage Atelier Postcard, 1909
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Ottoman Decree Regarding Protestants, 1850
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Game of the Great Men, Minot the Elder
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Efforts at Controlling Yellow Fever
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Long Teaching Module: Gender and Health in Latin America, 1980-2010
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Primer: Gender in World History
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Long Teaching Module: Children in the Slave Trade
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