Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator [...] »
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
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Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
[...] »Using Primary Sources
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »