Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
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 [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »