Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website.
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When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »