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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.

Chilean Consul Writes of Immigrants Needing Assistance, 1864
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Mencius and his Mother: A Lesson Drawn from Weaving
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Short Teaching Module: Maya Writing
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Statistics on Catholicism in Poland after the fall of Communism
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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Workers’ Celebration
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Patience and Power by Susan Davis
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Cartoon about the Ottoman Empire
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George Browne “Freedom for Ghana”
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Coca Bag
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Short Teaching Module: Play in Tokugawa Japan
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World History Encyclopedia
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Plans for Social Housing in France
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“Africae Novo” Map
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Video: Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree Perform as Native Americans
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