Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch this flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »