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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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Little Women, “The Valley of the Shadow”
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Aztec Skull Earring, 16th Century
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Primer: Technology
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Florence Farmborough’s Journal
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Buddha Sheltered by a Naga
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Battle of Aboukir
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Organization of British Imperial Scouting
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Life Histories (Chile) Table
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Abstention Rate in Napoleonic Plebiscites
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Anonymous Portrait
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The Squirt Gun
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The Good Sans–Culotte
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Social Capital in World History: Lyon and Pittsburgh as Examples
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Primer: Commodities
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