Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
In this series of exercises, students are presented with Native American [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
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 [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »