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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.

Dickens, Tale of Two Cities
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Mexico Cartoon, 1846
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Nobel Peace Center
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Short Teaching Module: Codex Mendoza (16th c.)
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Hagia Sophia
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Mabo Song
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Pound Homestead
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The Graham Children
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First Sounds of the Hymn of Independence
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Statistics on Catholicism in Poland after the fall of Communism
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Ottoman Reform Decree, 1856
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Sword Hilt with Revolutionary Icons—Liberty
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National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges
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Christopher Columbus monument removal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The mayor of Lyon, France drives a bulldozer to initiate construction of social housing
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