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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.

Photograph of Fatima the Moroccan
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Uruguayan Jail Cell Door
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Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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Misión San Miguel (California)
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Pittsburgh Newspaper Article “Bank Gives Boost to Black Areas”
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Lord Kitchener, “Birth of Ghana,” 1957
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Showa Steelworks in Anshan (Northeast China)
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Girl Museum
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Through Me You Are All Brothers
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Construction drawing of a social housing high-rise in Duchère
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Small Terracotta Male
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Through Masai Land
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 3
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