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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.

Rubeola Vulgaris - Measles
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Connections and the Long Cold War in Nicaragua
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Sati Engraving, Burning a Hindoo Widow
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The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute
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Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai
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Bonaparte Visiting the Hospital in Jaffa
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Huaca Pucllana, Ancient Pyramid in Peru
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The Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday
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Islam on the Ebb
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The Moundbuilders' Art: A Confluence of 'Ingenuity, Industry, and Elegance'
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Original Manuscripts of Anne Frank
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Panelaks and Housing Estates
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Cartoon Mocking British Policy toward India, 1788
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Age of Consent Laws
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Newspaper Coverage of Pearl Harbor Bombing
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