Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Textbook illustrations are often overlooked as historical evidence.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »