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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.

Short Teaching Module: Christianity and Slavery in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1480s-1520s
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Construction drawing of a social housing high-rise in Duchère
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Aztec Skull Earring, 16th Century
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Little Nemo in Slumberland
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The Sugar Mill
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Analyzing Maps
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Bird Stone Figure from Papua New Guinea
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Meroitic Script
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Misión Santa Inés
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Short Teaching Module: Codex Mendoza (16th c.)
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 2
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Abstention Rate in Napoleonic Plebiscites
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Misión Nuestro Señora de la Soledad
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Map of the Range of Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, 1962
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