Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
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Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »