Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown's Body,” and how music can be [...] »
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Work with oral history interviews as historical evidence.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »