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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.

Tyranny Tremble
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Gender Roles among the Nahua in the Codex Mendoza
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Devshirme System
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Tear Down this Wall
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Little Women, “The Valley of the Shadow”
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Progression of Napoleon’s Life
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Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
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Source Collection: Korean Colonial-Era Children’s Literature
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The Cathedral of Buenos Aires
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Primer: Rewriting of Sub-Saharan African History
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The Whole Duty of Woman
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Primer: Technology
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Short Teaching Module: Remembering Tiananmen Square
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Cartoon about the Ottoman Empire
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Marshall Islands Stick Charts
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