Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
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[...] »Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »