Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
[...] »Using Primary Sources
When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
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 [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »