Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
National History Day identifies secondary sources along with [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »