Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »