Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Diaries give a personal view of historical events. Historian Peter Hahn [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Find the National Archive's worksheets for analyzing a variety of primary [...] »
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
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 [...] »