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 [...] »
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
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Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »