Research On The Cultivation Of National Territory Awareness In Senior High School History Teaching

The national territory,a symbol of a country,is increasingly valued by the government.Maintaining the integrity of the national territory is of great significance to the government and is important for the individual.Therefore,it is important to enter the period of universal education of national territory awareness.History,as a senior high school course,can play an important role in the cultivation of national territory awareness.The cultivation of national territory awareness in senior high school history classes should be to let students know the territory of China,and through historical knowledge,students can understand the historical reasons for China’s exercise of sovereignty over these areas.Further we can enable students generate identification with Chinese territory and fight against behavior that damages the national territory.The historical maps,the relationship between the Central Plains dynasty and the minority regimes,the development of a unified multi-ethnic country,the Chinese people’s struggle against aggression,and issues such as ocean awareness and maritime rights can all be used in the senior high school history class to cultivate national territory awareness.In the cultivation of national territory awareness in senior high school history teaching,the first point is to make students have a sense of national pride and a certain sense of crisis through the achievements and crises of the Chinese nation in the content of history courses,and improve students’ attention to the knowledge of national territory,and can consciously understand and learn the relevant knowledge of the national territory.Secondly,through certain teaching methods,including displaying correct historical maps,explaining the process and significance of China’s territorial changes in past dynasties,and summarizing the experience and lessons of the Chinese nation’s development of the ocean,etc.,make students understand the knowledge of the country’s territory and know the historical and realistic basis for states to exercise sovereignty over the areas under their jurisdiction.By this way,students can identify with the national territory.Finally,it can also be expanded and extended through the questions related to the national territory to further deepen the students’ awareness of the national territory.It is also possible to design open-ended questions and evaluate the level of students’ awareness of the national territory through the students’ answers to the open-ended questions.