Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
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Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
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What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »
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What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers [...] »
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TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
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Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Teaching in Action
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Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
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A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Using Primary Sources
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Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
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Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
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Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
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Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
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Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »