Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »