Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »Teaching in Action
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
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An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »