Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »