Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »