Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
[...] »Teaching in Action
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »