Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Analyze art in the classroom with these resources from the Picturing [...] »
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »