Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
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[...] »Using Primary Sources
What questions should you ask when viewing maps as historical evidence?
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Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »