Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?
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Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »