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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.

Ceramic Female Figure from Ecuador
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Terakoya vs. Meiji School
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Female Terracotta Figure
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Making African Connections
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Shiva as the Lord of Dance
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Photograph of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Activist
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Short Teaching Module: Slavery, Labor, and Gender
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Lila-Pilipina Brochure
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Drug Abuse is Suicide
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Missionary Journal, Chinese Culture
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Yamamoto Shunshō’s The Tale of Genji
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Pathfinder Warrant
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Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel
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