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 [...] »
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Teaching in Action
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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 students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »