Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »