Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Don't overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »