Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »