Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Analyze art in the classroom with these resources from the Picturing [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »