Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Daunted by teaching the Bill of Rights and its complex vocabulary to [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Analyze art in the classroom with these resources from the Picturing [...] »
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
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 [...] »