Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »