Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Teaching in Action
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Don't overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »