Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown's Body,” and how music can be [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Textbook illustrations are often overlooked as historical evidence.
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Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »