Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »