Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
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What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
Teaching in Action
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
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Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »