Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown's Body,” and how music can be [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
Using Primary Sources
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
What questions should you ask when viewing maps as historical evidence?
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
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 [...] »