Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
What do the contents of pockets say about their owners? TAH teachers model [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
Teaching in Action
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade- [...] »
Work with oral history interviews as historical evidence.
[...] »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 [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »