Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
Using Primary Sources
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »