Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner visits the original Franklin D. [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
Teaching in Action
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A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »