Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »