Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »