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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.

AAAS Defends Edward Condon from HUAC, 1948
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Misión Nuestra Señora del Refugio
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Ptolemy's World Map
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Newspaper Report on Pan-African Congress's Response to U.S. Lynchings
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Short Teaching Module: Consumerism in Poland
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Invoice of goods shipped from New Orleans to Matamoros, Mexico in 1847
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Photograph, Needleworker
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Short Teaching Module: Girlhood and Little Women
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The Welcoming of a Marquis in Hell
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Analyzing Literary Sources
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Ship
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Lisbon Port Entry List for Colonial American Ships, 1771
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Solidarity Commemorates Tiananmen Square
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Cantino planisphere
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Le Bon, The Psychology of Revolution
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