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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.

A Mother's Power
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Puerto Rican Labor Movement and the 1940 Census
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Women and Stalinism: Quantitative Evidence, Women's Education
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Quilted bedcover of Elisabeth Chapman
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The Little Cartesian Devil
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Primer: Transcultural History
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Long Teaching Module: Children in Ancient China
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Nisa, The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak
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Source Collection: Slavery and the Haitian Revolution
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Advertisement for the Auction of the Ann’s Cargo, 1827
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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London's Bill of Mortality
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Short Teaching Module: Examining Early Genoese Voyages through Maps
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British Police Station, Rasah, Malaysia
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The Boy Prodigy: Xiang Tuo
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