Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown's Body,” and how music can be [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade- [...] »
This source from Cornell University's Olin and Uris Libraries includes [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »