Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
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Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
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 [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »