Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »