Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
Using Primary Sources
When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »