Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
Teaching in Action
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
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Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »