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 [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
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Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Find the National Archive's worksheets for analyzing a variety of primary [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »