Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
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 [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »