Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
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Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »