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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.

U.S. targets Indian activist, Taraknath Das
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Auction
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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Bonaparte and Islam
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Patience and Power by Susan Davis
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Activity: Material Culture and Childhood (20th c.)
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Solidarity Commemorates Tiananmen Square
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Women’s Work for Woman
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Pathfinder Warrant
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Edifying and curious letters of some Missioners of the Society of Jesus from foreign missions
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Short Teaching Module: Borderland Migration and Communities in Twentieth-Century West Africa
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GDP in Eastern Europe: 1980-1989
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Burning the Guardhouse on the Pont Neuf
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Primer: Gender in World History
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Hakluyt's The Principall Investigations
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