Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner visits the original Franklin D. [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »