Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
What questions should you ask when viewing maps as historical evidence?
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »