Starting from the autumn semester of 20 17 and 1 2008, the Ministry of Education will organize new textbooks on compulsory education ethics and rule of law, Chinese and history, which will be put into use in the first grade of junior high schools in all regions of the country. This textbook is published by People's Education Publishing House.

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Since 20 12, the Ministry of Education has compiled three compulsory education textbooks: Morality and Rule of Law, Chinese and History. From 20 12 to the first half of 20 17, this work passed the examination and approval of the State Textbook Committee, which lasted for five years and completed all the editing work.

A total of 1 16 experts took the exam, of which professors and special-grade teachers accounted for more than 90%. The Expert Working Committee has held 24 review and consultation meetings, and more than 900 people have participated in the review. Finally, it is submitted to the National Textbook Committee for approval.

History textbooks mainly use the method of combining point, line and surface to arrange teaching content. Set up a unit, and then it consists of several classes, and each class is divided into several sub-items. Presentation not only describes the basic content of the text, but also involves some auxiliary columns with learning function; Read the material and think about the problem.

On the basis of describing the basic process of historical development, history textbooks highlight the following educational contents:

1. The education of China's excellent traditional culture is mainly reflected in the ancient history of China.

2. Revolutionary traditional education, history textbooks systematically introduce the modern struggle history of the Chinese nation, especially highlight the history of the establishment and continuous development of China, and fully discuss the decisive role played by China in the new democratic revolution, socialist construction and the new historical period of reform and opening up.

3. National unity education. In the modern history of China, textbooks also reflect the indomitable struggle of all ethnic groups in China for national independence and democratic liberation. In the modern history of China, there are also special classes to introduce the common struggle, common development and national unity of all ethnic groups.

4. The education of national sovereignty and maritime awareness is based on historical facts, through the evolution of China's territory in past dynasties, especially in some border areas, such as Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan Province Province and its affiliated islands, Diaoyu Island and South China Sea Islands. As an inseparable part of China's territory, its historical origin and development are introduced in detail in the textbook.

5. International understanding education, in the content of world history, especially ancient history, focuses on the diversity of the origin of human civilization, and the development of various regions and major countries is unbalanced to some extent, which fully shows the diversity of culture.

China government network-Ministry of Education introduces the three subjects of compulsory education.