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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: Cultural Exchange Before Modern Times
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Primer: Transnational History
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Misión San Cayetano de Tumacácori
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Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate
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Exploring Africa
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Short Teaching Module: Play in Tokugawa Japan
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Early Modern Counter
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Javanese Gamelan
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
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Long Teaching Module: Children’s Health in Early Modern England
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Mesoamerican Pictogram
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“Tell Negroes To Join With Other Peoples Of The World”
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The landraad in Pati
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San José de Guadalupe
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