Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Teaching in Action
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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 [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »