Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
What do the contents of pockets say about their owners? TAH teachers model [...] »
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Jefferson, surprised by the Louisiana Purchase? Maybe not. Historian Leah [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »