Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »