Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student [...] »
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Don't overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
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 [...] »