Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »