Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
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Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
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A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Teaching in Action
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
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A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
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Don't overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »