Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Teaching in Action
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
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How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »