Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »