Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Teaching in Action
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »