Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner visits the original Franklin D. [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »