Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
Teaching in Action
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Use the Stanford History Education Group's curriculum to teach historical [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
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 [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »