Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »