Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »