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