Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Using Primary Sources
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
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 [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »