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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.

Birth Rituals in the Codex Mendoza
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Ceramic Female Figure from Ecuador
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Old Mission San Juan Bautista
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Source Collection: Korean Colonial-Era Children’s Literature
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Shell Pendant or Bead from Ecuador
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Temple of Vespasian altar
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Primer: Comparative History
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Codex Mendoza
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History of NATO Expansion Map
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Marshall Islands Stick Charts
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Ship
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Son of Saint–Louis Going Up to Heaven . . .
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Dickens, Tale of Two Cities
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Short Teaching Module: Play in Tokugawa Japan
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Map with Many of the Protests in Puerto Rico and the World 2019
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