Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
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Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Teaching in Action
Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions?
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A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »