Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
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How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
[...] »Teaching in Action
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
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A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
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 [...] »