Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
Source and approach letters and diaries with historical thinking.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »