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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.

The Sugar Mill
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Remains of the Puerta de la Ciudadela
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Quebec Order, 7 July 1796
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Teaching LGBTQ History
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Bone comb
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Decameron
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Manifest Record from the S.S. Atenas
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The World: Map of N. & S. America
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Portrait of General Artigas
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Short Teaching Module: Chinese Propaganda Posters
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Leon Trotsky, The Permanent Revolution
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Louis XVI
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“Entrando a la plaza” by Pedro Figari
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StoryMapJS: Maps that Tell Stories
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Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
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