Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »Teaching in Action
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students [...] »
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »