Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »