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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.

Short Teaching Module: Precolonial Kenya, a Small-Scale History
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Map of the Union Pacific Railway
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Rajah Rammohun Roy Excerpts
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The Emperor and the Imperial Guard on the Island of Elba
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Stonewall Jackson monument removal, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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The French Nation Defeats Despotism
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Short Teaching Module: Agricultural Knowledge in the Late Nineteenth Century
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American and Zanzibari Trade Contract, 1841
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The Whole Duty of Woman
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Nuestra Señora de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
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The Foreign Relations of the United States Series
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Peter Kropotkin on the Need for Individual Action
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Femmes Nicaragua
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Sanitarium Weet-Bix Packet
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Newspaper Report on Pan-African Congress's Response to U.S. Lynchings
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