Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Teaching in Action
Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »