Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »