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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.

Frontispiece of Sir Thomas Roe
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Fundraising for Palestinian Families in Jerusalem
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Short Teaching Module: Borderland Migration and Communities in Twentieth-Century West Africa
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First Sounds of the Hymn of Independence
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Long Teaching Module: “Reading” Primary Sources on the History of Children & Youth
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Nutmeg and the Spice Wars in Southeast Asia
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Lady Florentia Sale Diary
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Primer: Gender in World History
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Ethnic Groups in Yugoslavia
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Louis XVI, King of the French, born 23 August 1754.
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Official Document, Women's Employment
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Economic Diplomacy in the Caribbean Since the Second World War
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Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Learning and Research
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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"Resolutely support the just struggle of the American Blacks!" Propaganda Poster, 1963
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