A Study Of American Social Science Textbook

The textbook as the main carrier of curriculum content, has received the attention of the people in the education. Education developed countries represented by the United States, in teaching also has a lot on the writing of the book is worthy of reference for domestic textbook writers and inspiration.This article selects the Mc Graw- Hill press in 2013, the new social studies textbooks published by the world history and geography as the research sample,focusing on the latest social studies textbook compilation research. American society in history as the core of social studies curriculum system. The Mc Graw- Hill education not only is the largest company in kindergarten and primary and secondary school education publishing company, is the world’s leading teaching content and teachers’ professional development content providers. This sample represents the development direction of the latest social studies textbooks, very representative. Study the writing contains innovation point on the structure and content for the current Chinese textbook reform and absorb foreign advanced experience, particularly in terms of social and historical textbook writing has a certain value.The article is divided into four parts altogether. The first part of the world history and geography textbooks, the book introduces the overall structure and content.Among them, mainly introduces the overall structure of the writing and book the corresponding content, and the corresponding project applied to the chart, historical data drawn form, makes the book structure and main content of the be clear at a glance. And structure and content of the book whole carried on the thorough analysis,combining form makes the book on the whole of the comprehensive analysis.The second part of the world history and geography textbook chapter structure and the content of introduction and case analysis. Mainly analyzes the textbook the chapter structure arrangement and content arrangement, as a case study of a single chapter deeply analyzes the content and chapter structure, a single chapter.The third part is the world history and geography textbooks characteristic analysis. On the analysis of the whole book and chapter, on the basis of structure and content of the book writing characteristics are analyzed. The world history and geography textbooks written mainly has the following features:Teaching forms, make full use of network; Teaching history closely; Stressingthe cultivation of international consciousness; Rich teaching auxiliary system.The fourth part for the American social studies textbooks written to our enlightenment. In the book, on the basis of full analysis, based on the characteristic of textbooks, the author drew the following enlightenment to Chinese textbook writing aspects:Attaches great importance to the textbook networking trend, strengthen the development of network teaching resources; Strengthen domestic textbooks on the history of combining; Attention to the cultivation of students adapt to the internal forces of globalization; Attention to the cultivation of students’ ability to learn.Finally, the article made clear that history textbook writing must keep pace with The Times, at the same time of absorbing foreign advanced experience, retain their excellent content. The excellent textbooks can be developed in accordance with its national conditions.