Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
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 [...] »