Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
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 [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »