Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »