Welcome to Best Practices
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with [...] »
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »