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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.

World Light Map
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New Netherland Institute
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Triumph of the Year 1813
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Immigrant Crossing Road Sign
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Emmerton Letter, 1926
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Kidnapping
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Short Teaching Module: Maya Writing
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Mameluke with a basket of flowers, 1641
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Short Teaching Module: Girlhood and Little Women
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Portrait of Carlota Ferreira
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Short Teaching Module: Spatial Histories of Law, Race and Empire
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Studying for the mother country, 1986
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Napoleon Is Unable to Digest Leipzig
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Long Teaching Module: Children in the Slave Trade
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