Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade- [...] »
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »