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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.

Fertility and Abortion in Czechoslovakia, 1950-2005
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Cuauhtémoc prisionero
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Scenes from Andrzej Wajda’s film, Man of Iron (1981)
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Short Teaching Module: Indian Immigrants and U.S. Citizenship in an Imperial Context
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Los tres mulatos de Esmeraldas
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Ottoman Decree Regarding Protestants, 1850
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Thälmann Pioneer's Shirt
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Pittsburgh Newspaper Article “Bank Gives Boost to Black Areas”
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Map of the Union Pacific Railway
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Iglesia Colonial de Conchagua
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Source Collection: The Enlightenment and Human Rights
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Te Paranihi, or Maori War Canoe
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Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate
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Map of the Outskirts of Mexico City
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Mabo Song
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