Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
Work with oral history interviews as historical evidence.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »