Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »