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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.

Social Capital in World History: Lyon and Pittsburgh as Examples
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Solidarity Election Flier, “How to vote for Solidarity in Żoliborz”
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Women Writers Project
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Tu'i Tonga Empire Map
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The Prophet Muhammad and A’isha
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Rivalry Between English and Dutch East India Companies
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Sanitarium Weet-Bix Packet
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Source Collection: Pan-Africanism, Anticolonialism and Addressing the Problem of the Global Color Line in the 20th Century
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Middle Ages for Educators
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Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Dickens, Tale of Two Cities
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Short Teaching Module: Girlhood and Little Women
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Economic Declaration of Nonaligned Countries
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Short Teaching Module: Christianity and Slavery in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1480s-1520s
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