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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.

Analyzing Personal Accounts
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The Dance of Death
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Video of Ceausescu’s Last Speech, December 1989
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Birth Rituals in the Codex Mendoza
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The Ethics of Christianity and Confucianism Compared
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Antonio Gramsci: Selections from The Prison Notebooks
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The Prophet Muhammad and A’isha
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Death Mask of Pancho Villa
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Girl Museum
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Newspaper Coverage of Pearl Harbor Bombing
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Solidarity Commemorates Tiananmen Square
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British Police Station, Rasah, Malaysia
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World map by Henricus Martellus
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Long Teaching Module: Nationalities and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, 1989-2000
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Lord Kitchener, “Birth of Ghana,” 1957
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