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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.

Apolitical Intellectuals/ Intelectuales Apolíticos
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Misión San Francisco de Asís
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Leon Trotsky, The Permanent Revolution
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A Hindu Princess Committing Sati against the Wishes of Emperor Akbar
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 3
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The Squirt Gun
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Mapping the Republic of Letters
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Infant Mortality: Eastern Europe: 1970-1989
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Harvard Physics Department asserts that investigations threaten national security, 1950
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Short Teaching Module: Graffiti, Gender, and Youth (20th c.)
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Short Teaching Module: Music and Decolonization in the Black Atlantic
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Lisbon Port Entry List for Colonial American Ships, 1771
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The Welcoming of a Marquis in Hell
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Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Learning and Research
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