Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »