Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »