Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
[...] »Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
Teaching in Action
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »