Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Watch this flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with oral history interviews as historical evidence.
[...] »The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »