Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Did two bullets begin WWI? Explore causation in your classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
Source and approach letters and diaries with historical thinking.
[...] »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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »