Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »