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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.

The Scout's and King's African Rifles Uniforms
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Map of Land Grant for Cornell University, 1877
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Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai
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1919 Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum Annual Report
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Congress of Vienna
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GDP in Eastern Europe: 1980-1989
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Short Teaching Module: Portraying Women Workers: Beyond Norma Rae
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Ottoman Reform Decree, 1856
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Treaty of Versailles
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Sati Handprints
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Teaching LGBTQ History
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Shiva as the Lord of Dance
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Long Teaching Module: Exploring Empire through the Lens of Childhood and Gender
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Short Teaching Module: Consumerism in Poland
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Gin Lane (1751)
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