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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.

Primer: A Global History of Higher Education
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Malinche Sculpture
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Video: Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree Perform as Native Americans
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Map of Europe, 1918
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A letter from U.S. President Andrew Jackson to the Senate Dated Washington, May 30, 1834
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From John Bartholomew, Literary and historical atlas of America
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Academy Museum
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Tyranny Tremble
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Mission San Xavier del Bac
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Photograph, Needleworker
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Video: Indian Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree
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Brazilian Carriage
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Age of Menarche in Norway
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
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Slavery, Law, & Power
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