Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
[...] »Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Textbook illustrations are often overlooked as historical evidence.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »