Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website.
[...] »Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »