Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Teaching in Action
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
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 [...] »