Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
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Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
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 [...] »