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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: Grimms' Children's and Household Tales
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Short Teaching Module: A Human History of Commodities
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Short Teaching Module: Making Empire Global - British Imperialism in India, 1750-1800
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Remarks on Chinese Character and Customs
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Short Teaching Module: Chinese Propaganda Posters
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Akan Gold-Weight in the Shape of the Sankofa Bird
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In Memoriam
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The mayor of Lyon, France drives a bulldozer to initiate construction of social housing
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Castillo de Piria
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Gender Roles among the Nahua in the Codex Mendoza
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Ceramic Female Figure from Ecuador
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Frontispiece of Sir Thomas Roe
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Solidarity Expressions from the Puerto Rican Diaspora
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Short Teaching Module: Indian Immigrants and U.S. Citizenship in an Imperial Context
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A Naval Encounter between Dutch and Spanish Warships
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