Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of [...] »
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »