Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
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Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »