Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »