Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students [...] »
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »