Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
![Photo, [Old hermit Roy Ozmer. . . ], 1957, Flickr Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Reading-and-Thinking.jpg?itok=f7GCc3Xk "Photo, [Old hermit Roy Ozmer reading a book at his house : Pelican Key, Florida], December 1957, State Library and Archives of Florida, Flickr Commons")
Watch this flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Textbook illustrations are often overlooked as historical evidence.
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Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »