Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Teaching in Action
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
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High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
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 [...] »