Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Source and approach letters and diaries with historical thinking.
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Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
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 [...] »