Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »