Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
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How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »