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Western Civilization: A Concise History

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Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western... see more

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Date Created:
December 9, 2019
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March 26, 2025
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Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 1

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Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western... see more

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Christopher Brooks
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July 2, 2019
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July 23, 2024
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Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 1 - Open Textbook Library

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Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western... see more

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Christopher Brooks
Date Created:
July 22, 2019
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July 23, 2024
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Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 2

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Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western... see more

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Christopher Brooks
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July 2, 2019
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June 12, 2025
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Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 3

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Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western... see more

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Christopher Brooks
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July 2, 2019
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June 9, 2026
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Western Civilization_ A Concise History - Volume 3

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What is “Western Civilization”? Furthermore, who or what is part of it? Like all ideas, the concept of Western... see more

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Christopher Brooks
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February 7, 2022
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July 23, 2024
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When These Streets Spoke Yiddish

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This site brings together primary documents, essays, timelines, and photographs (some interactive) concerning Jewish life... see more

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Author:
Suzanne Leon
Date Created:
July 4, 2006
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April 29, 2020
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Whites in the Land of the Blues: Ethnicity, Race and Class in the Mississippi Delta

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This page is a portal into a number of sites resulting from on-going research in the Lower Mississippi Delta. The three... see more

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Author:
Jane Adams
Date Created:
September 26, 2004
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August 13, 2020
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Who Built America? Working People and the Nation’s History

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Who Built America? includes a free online textbook, primary document repository, and teaching resource created by the... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Chris Clark; Nancy Hewitt; Stephen Brier; Joshua Brown; David Jaffee; Ellen Noonan; Roy Rosenzweig; Nelson Licthenstein; Annelise Orleck; Pennee Bender; Paul Ortiz; Anne Valk; Elizabeth Shermer; David Sheckel; Vincent DiGirolamo; Julian Ehsan; Naomi Fisher; Rohma Khan; Allison Lange; Heather Lee; Gretchen Long; Peter Mabli; Manuel R. Rodríguez; Evan Rothman; Martha Sandweiss; Susan Schulten; Sandra Slater; Nate Sleeter; Carli Snyder; Karen Sotiropoulos; Donna Thompson Ray; Lori J. Daggar; Gregory P. Downs; Elise A. Mitchell; David Parson; Kim Phillips-Fein; Naoko Shibusawa; Stefano Morello
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August 19, 2024
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February 11, 2026
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Who Discovered Klondike Gold?

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This site about the Klondike Gold Rush includes a complete collection of historical documents and images, and a flyover... see more

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Case Study
Author:
Ken S. Coates; William R. Morrison
Date Created:
October 22, 2007
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September 4, 2022
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Without Sanctuary

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This lesson has students analyzing lynching postcards from the site withoutsanctuary.org. A simple writing prompt will... see more

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Author:
Kevin Karkkainen
Date Created:
May 12, 2011
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February 11, 2026
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Women and Social Movements in the United States

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This site, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, mounts on the WWW editorial projects consisting of... see more

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Collection
Author:
thomas dublin
Date Created:
November 25, 2000
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September 18, 2024
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Women of Influence

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This collection chronicles how 21 notable American women broke new ground, some by championing equal rights for all and... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Mark Betka; George Clack
Date Created:
January 21, 2011
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January 6, 2025
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World Civilizations I and II Video Textbook

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This video textbook started with the creation of 73 supplementary 10-20 minute video lectures for World Civilizations at... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Jayme Feagin
Date Created:
January 20, 2021
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March 26, 2025
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World History

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This is a free, online wikibook, so it is continually being updated and refined. According to the authors, the group "is... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Various Authors
Date Created:
March 18, 2010
Date Modified:
July 23, 2024
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World History - Geographic Regions Map

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This assignment has been created for a Modern World History 9th grade level course. I created this mapping activity using... see more

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Author:
Angela Engardio
Date Created:
January 26, 2011
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February 11, 2026
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World History Project: 1200 TO THE PRESENT

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NOTE: In order to access this resource you must join the OER Project for which there is no charge. You might be surprised... see more

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Online Course
Date Created:
April 25, 2022
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July 23, 2024
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World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook

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World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook is designed to cover world history from 1500 to the present in 15... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
John Rankin; Constanze Weise
Date Created:
July 26, 2023
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July 23, 2024
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World History Since 1945

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A fifteen-chapter undergraduate textbook in global history from 1945 to the present. Includes glossaries, recommended... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
David Bassano
Date Created:
September 7, 2023
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January 20, 2026
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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500

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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind... see more

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Author:
Eugene Berger, et al.
Date Created:
July 25, 2018
Date Modified:
July 23, 2024
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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500

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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind... see more

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Author:
Eugene Berger
Date Created:
April 3, 2017
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July 23, 2024
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World War One - Movies

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The web site provides multimedia presentations regarding the Great War through the use of animations containing... see more

Material Type:
Animation
Author:
BBC.co.uk
Date Created:
April 5, 2005
Date Modified:
February 13, 2022
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Writings of Thomas Paine - Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Author:
Thomas Paine
Date Created:
November 22, 2013
Date Modified:
August 5, 2020
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YOUR HONOR I AM INNOCENT: LAW AND SOCIETY IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA

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A teaching module that uses a homicide case involving a father-in-law who attempted to rape his daughter-in-law to... see more

Material Type:
Simulation
Author:
Ming-te Pan
Date Created:
June 4, 2006
Date Modified:
October 12, 2022
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