Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
![Photo, [Old hermit Roy Ozmer. . . ], 1957, Flickr Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Reading-and-Thinking.jpg?itok=f7GCc3Xk "Photo, [Old hermit Roy Ozmer reading a book at his house : Pelican Key, Florida], December 1957, State Library and Archives of Florida, Flickr Commons")
Watch this flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
What questions should you ask when viewing maps as historical evidence?
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In this series of exercises, students are presented with Native American [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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, [...] »