Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner visits the original Franklin D. [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of [...] »
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »