Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
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 [...] »
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
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[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »