Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade- [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »