Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
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Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade- [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »