Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of [...] »
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »