Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »