Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of [...] »
What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
What do the contents of pockets say about their owners? TAH teachers model [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Using Primary Sources
The Bracero Archive’s tutorial shows how to conduct successful interviews. [...] »
This source from Cornell University's Olin and Uris Libraries includes [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »