Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown's Body,” and how music can be [...] »
Teaching in Action
Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Textbook illustrations are often overlooked as historical evidence.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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 textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »