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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.

Mercator Projection
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Solidarity Commemorates Tiananmen Square
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Scenes from Andrzej Wajda’s film, Man of Iron (1981)
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Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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Silent Film Sheet Music
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Short Teaching Module: Christianity and Slavery in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1480s-1520s
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Lila-Pilipina Brochure
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Source Collection: War, Terror, and Resistance to the French Revolution
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Activity: Material Culture and Childhood (20th c.)
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Japanese Mercenaries and the Dutch East India Company
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Mabo Song
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Puerto Rican Labor Movement and the 1940 Census
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Advertisement for the Auction of the Ann’s Cargo, 1827
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Cast of the Hand of Brazilian Emperor Pedro II
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Uruguayan Jail Cell Door
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