Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Teaching in Action
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
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High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
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, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »