Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »