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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.

Harvard Physics Department asserts that investigations threaten national security, 1950
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The Secret of England's Greatness
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The Gall-Peters Projection
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Devshirme System
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Misión San Gabriel Arcángel
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Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French
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Triumph of the Year 1813
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Maya Monument with glyphs, 4th-9th centuries
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Long Teaching Module: “Reading” Primary Sources on the History of Children & Youth
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The Mercator Projection
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Primer: Environmental History
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Short Teaching Module: Grimms' Children's and Household Tales
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Source Collection: Analyzing Historic Churches in the Southwestern US
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Florence Farmborough’s Journal
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The Third Estate Marrying Priests with Nuns
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