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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.

Catalan Map of the World, c.1450
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Woman with Lenin/Stalin Flag
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The School Journal, 1907 - [Magazine]
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Friendship
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Long Teaching Module: “Reading” Primary Sources on the History of Children & Youth
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Primer: Oceans
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GDP in Eastern Europe: 1980-1989
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The mayor of Lyon, France drives a bulldozer to initiate construction of social housing
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Ship
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Short Teaching Module: Florence Farmborough and the Russian Front, 1914-1918
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Hobo-Dyer Projection Worldmap
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Misión San Francisco de la Espada
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The Graham Children
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Early Modern Counter
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Making African Connections
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