Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
What do the contents of pockets say about their owners? TAH teachers model [...] »
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »