Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
This source from Cornell University's Olin and Uris Libraries includes [...] »
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »