Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
[...] »Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
What questions should you ask when viewing maps as historical evidence?
[...] »Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »