Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Teaching in Action
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »