Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »