Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
[...] »Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »