Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Teaching in Action
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Find the National Archive's worksheets for analyzing a variety of primary [...] »
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »