Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »