OneWorld History makes world history open, accurate, and fair to every people in it — on one globe and one timeline. Learn more
OneWorld History is building a place to explore the most carefully sourced account of human history—all on one globe and one timeline, in every language we can reach, written at different comprehension levels—to make history accessible for children and in-depth for adults.
Personal members help keep the catalog growing and will get the full library as it opens. Please consider supporting us to be part of the mission.
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For school boards, schools and districts. Institutional access is our premium offer: curriculum-linked tours and documents, classroom tools and support for your teachers.
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OneWorld History is a globe-and-timeline view of history, starting with Canada. Drag the slider to move through time; click a pin or timeline tick to read about it, or pick a nation, empire or conflict under Histories for a sourced overview.
A note on the borders. Maps follow a European political-map convention and are approximate. Indigenous territories often overlapped and were shared, and Indigenous nations did not disappear when these maps stop drawing them.
Residential schools. This layer marks places where children were taken from their families, for the years each site operated, with location precision shown per site. No photographs or records of deaths are shown. Support: National Indian Residential School Crisis Line, 1-866-925-4419 (24 hours).
AI-assisted, human-reviewed. OneWorld History text, charts and some images were drafted with AI tools and reviewed by people; sources are cited on each card and chart. It can still contain mistakes and is not a substitute for a textbook or a teacher.