Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
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
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »