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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.

Kaichi and Mitsuke Schools
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Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel
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National Academy of Sciences objects to political persecution of Condon, 1948
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Sword Hilt with Revolutionary Icons—Liberty
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Electing the House of Representatives
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X-ray of a cross-section of a coral core
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Antifascism and Leftist Politics
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Short Teaching Module: Grimms' Children's and Household Tales
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Long Teaching Module: Everyday Life in Eastern Europe in the 1980s
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Bar Miztvah
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Hugo, Ninety–Three
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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Mao Tse-tung's Statement Regarding Racial Discrimination in the United States, 1963
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"How Some Children Played at Slaughtering"
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