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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.

Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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Short Teaching Module: East Asian Developmental States in Global History
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Short Teaching Module: Maya Writing
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Long Teaching Module: New Zealand Childhoods (18th–20th c.)
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Portrait of General Artigas
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"The Song of the End": The Whole World Now Chases Him
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Decameron
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Oath of the New Horaces
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Museo Regional de Oriente
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National World War II Museum
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Wooden Stockade on Penang Island, 18th century
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Pestle Finial from Papua New Guinea
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Maya Monument with glyphs, 4th-9th centuries
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Chive Pocket Watch (Reloj de bolsillo tipo cebollón)
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Sati Engraving: A Gentoo Woman Burning Herself
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