Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »