Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Find the National Archive's worksheets for analyzing a variety of primary [...] »
In this series of exercises, students are presented with Native American [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »