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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.

Short Teaching Module: Maya Writing
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Mexican Newspaper Reports on American Women Crossing the Border
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The Crushed Aristocracy
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The Marseillaise
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Child Re-enacting Krishna Story
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"How Some Children Played at Slaughtering"
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Islam on the Ebb
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Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
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Speech in the Garden of the Palais-Royal
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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Cantino planisphere
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Solidarity Election Flier, “How to vote for Solidarity in Żoliborz”
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Africae tabula noua
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Antifascism and Leftist Politics
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W.E.B. DuBois Details the 1919 Pan-African Congress in Newspaper Article
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