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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.

Bar Miztvah
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Toys
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Inside a Revolutionary Committee during the Reign of Terror
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Analyzing Photographs
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Outward Cargo Manifest of the Rowena, 1841
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Analyzing Material Objects
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Short Teaching Module: Connecting Local and Global History via Mercantile Networks
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Source Collection: Korean Colonial-Era Children’s Literature
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Napoleon Is Unable to Digest Leipzig
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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Kaichi and Mitsuke Schools
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Chilean Consul Writes of Immigrants Needing Assistance, 1864
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Pueblo of Texupa
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Edward Waring on Borax as medicine in India
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