Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Teaching in Action
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of [...] »
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
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 [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »