Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
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Analyze art in the classroom with these resources from the Picturing [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »