Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »