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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.

An Ottoman “Bill of Rights”
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The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara)
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A letter from U.S. President Andrew Jackson to the Senate Dated Washington, May 30, 1834
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The Love Letter by Jan Vermeer
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Video: Indian Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree
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Short Teaching Module: Race, Gender, and Transnational Histories of Solidarity
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Scenes from Andrzej Wajda’s film, Man of Iron (1981)
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Women Writers Project
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Official Document, Women's Employment
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SOS Avenir Minguettes President Toumi Djaïdja in Lyon, France
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Long Teaching Module: Cultural Contact in Southern Africa
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Vending Machine
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Ruins of the Convento de San Francisco
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Pittsburgh News Coverage of the Community Reinvestment Group
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Source Collection: Analyzing Historic Churches in the Southwestern US
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