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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.

Long Teaching Module: Economies in Transition in Eastern Europe, 1970-1990
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Printed Cloth of the Directory and Napoleon
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Women’s Work for Woman
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The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara)
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Census of 1910 tuberculosis data
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Queens Rooftops, Seen From a Subway Platform
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British Liberty Tree
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Long Teaching Module: New Zealand Childhoods (18th–20th c.)
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Census of England, 1891
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Chilean Consul Writes of Immigrants Needing Assistance, 1864
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Original Manuscripts of Anne Frank
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Misión San Miguel (California)
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The League of Nations Archive
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Bone comb
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The Red Shoes
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