Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with [...] »
In this series of exercises, students are presented with Native American [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »