Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
[...] »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, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »