Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »