Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Teaching in Action
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of [...] »
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 students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »