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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.

Short Teaching Module: Roman Children’s Sarcophagi
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Analyzing Personal Accounts
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Panelaks and Housing Estates
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Battle of Aboukir
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Short Teaching Module: Nineteenth-Century American Trade on Zanzibar
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Catalan Map of the World, c.1450
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Old Mission Santa Barbara
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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“Maori Girls School”
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Shame to the loafer and the drunkard
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The Good Sans–Culotte
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Original Manuscripts of Anne Frank
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Maya Drinking Vessel with Seated Lord, 7th-8th century
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Protect the Great Results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974
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