Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner visits the original Franklin D. [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »