Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website.
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Analyze art in the classroom with these resources from the Picturing [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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 [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »