Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
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
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
In this series of exercises, students are presented with Native American [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »