Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »