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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.

Mencius and his Mother: A Lesson Drawn from Weaving
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Vulgarly Called the Wanton
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Vending Machine
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Shame to the loafer and the drunkard
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Ideal ration recipe
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Game of the Great Men, Minot the Elder
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Short Teaching Module: Race, Gender, and Transnational Histories of Solidarity
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Letter to Council Women
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Puppeteers Painting
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Misión San Francisco de la Espada
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Short Teaching Module: European Maps of the Early Modern World
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Malleus Maleficarum, Witch Hunter Manual
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Chinchorro Mummies
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Misión San Francisco de Asís (California)
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Aztec Skull Earring, 16th Century
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