Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Use autobiographies to deconstruct views of slavery and historical heroes. [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Teaching in Action
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Don't overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »