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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.

Child Re-enacting Krishna Story
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The Sugar Mill
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“Drive the old and new colonialists out of Africa!” Propaganda Poster, 1964
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Lila-Pilipina Brochure
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Organization of British Imperial Scouting
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Long Teaching Module: Women in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800
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Nautical Chart, 1385
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Suffrage Atelier Postcard, 1909
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Short Teaching Module: A Human History of Commodities
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London Low Life
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Hicky's Bengal Gazette
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National WWI Museum and Memorial
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People under the Old Regime
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Pittsburgh News Coverage of the Community Reinvestment Group
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Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
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