Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »