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 [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
This source from Cornell University's Olin and Uris Libraries includes [...] »
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 [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »