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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.

Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
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The Chinese Boy and Girl
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Maya Vase with Mythological Scene, 7th-8th century
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Sanitarium Weet-Bix Packet
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The Love Letter by Jan Vermeer
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Misión Santa Clara de Asís
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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Vending Machine
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Photograph of "Principal Chiefs" from West Africa
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Sword of Sieyès
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Long Teaching Module: Economies in Transition in Eastern Europe, 1970-1990
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Japanese American Incarceration, Interview
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Misión San Ildefonso
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Ha’amonga ‘a Maui in Tonga
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Kant, The Contest of Faculties
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