Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Teaching in Action
Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »