A Study On The Selection Of Historical Sources Of British Middle School History Textbooks

As the core resources of the history teaching activities, the history textbook is the main material for the students to study, and also the basis for the teachers to carry out the classroom teaching activities; it should shoulder the task of selecting historical sources. The introduction of historical data into the history of the classroom so that the British traditional history education completely out of the crisis, and make the history of a new look, won the student’s favorite and society’s recognition. It is the core idea of the teaching of "new history" that teaching students how to use historical data as historical evidence and constructing historical knowledge from historical sources. One of the most prominent features of the current British history textbook is the selection of a large number of historical data, which highlighted the importance of historical data. Textbook selected historical data is not only rich in quantity,but also the first-hand historical sources as the main body to ensure the high quality of selected historical data. British history textbook’s emphasis on historical data is not only carefully selected historical sources, but also reflected in how to make it "makes the best use", which guide students to rely on historical data to explore and study with problem. China has begun a new round of curriculum standard revision work, how to strengthen the status of historical data in our history teaching? How to optimize the history of Chinese middle school history textbook? British secondary school history textbook is worth our reference to a certain extent.The thesis has five parts. The first part is the introduction, introduces the origin of this topic, the research status and research methods;The second part analyzes the structural system and compilation characteristics of "GCSE Modern World History"textbook as a whole;The third part takes the contents of "Cold War, 1945-1975" as an example, focusing on the selection of "GCSE Modern World History" textbook. It mainly analyzes the characteristics of textbook selection and the design of learning activities based on historical data.The fourth part is the summary and sublimation of the previous text, combined with the "GCSE Modern World History" textbook selection features, for the history of textbooks should be how to choose the historical data put forward their own thinking and suggestions;The fifth part summary the full text and points out the theme of the article, reaffirming the significance of this paper.