Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »