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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.

The Great Heroism of the Nineteenth Century
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Short Teaching Module: Examining Early Genoese Voyages through Maps
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Lisbon Port Entry List for Colonial American Ships, 1771
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Map of Europe, 1918
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Copra Production in the Dutch East Indies
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Treaty of Versailles
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 1
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Woman with Lenin/Stalin Flag
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Bill of Lading of a ship from Piscataqua to Bilbao in Spain, 1721
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Short Teaching Module: Consumerism in Poland
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Long Teaching Module: The Catholic Church in Poland, 1950-2000
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Photograph of the Boy Scout World Jamboree in 1929
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Monks Learning to Exercise.
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Bonaparte Visiting the Hospital in Jaffa
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