Journal’s content № 5 2020

Actual theme: Analysis of modern textbooks and teaching aids

O.N. Shaparina. Implementation of FGOS requirements system to subject results in modern textbooks on Russian history for class VII.
The article analyzes modern textbooks on Russian history for grade VII in order to determine whether their historical and methodological content corresponds to the formation of subject skills. The study showed that there are problems when using educational books in the classroom and extracurricular activities. Modern requirements for the education of schoolchildren go beyond the textbook, which indicates the need to change the content and form of tasks in textbooks.
Key words: textbooks on history of Russia, subject skills, FGOS, Historical and cultural standard, methodological tools of the textbook.

M.N. Kopitsa. The review of the Russian history textbooks for IX grades: what should a teacher choose?
The article analyzes the structure and methodic apparatus of the Russian history textbooks for IX grades.
Key words: textbooks, review, methodic apparatus.

O.N. Zhuravleva. Studying the civilizational heritage and the foundations of the spiritual and moral culture of the peoples of Russia: the methodological potential of modern school textbooks.
The article reveals the importance of civil identity formation of students to consolidating the Russian society, the potential of methodological manuals of the series «the Civilizational heritage of Russia» to increase knowledge of younger students about the unique culture and spiritual-moral traditions of the peoples of Russia, familiarizing with spiritual and moral values of the Russian people.
Key words: сivil identity, civilizational heritage, culture and spiritual values of the peoples of Russia, extracurricular activities.

O.Yu. Strelova. Change from east: a new modelof a regional history textbook (on the example of the textbook «History of the Russian Far East in Antiquity and the Middle Ages»).
Using the example of a regional textbook on the ancient and medieval history of the Far East of Russia, the basic principles of the development and implementation of a regional component in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standards are described.
Key words: a regional component of the content of common education, a regional history textbook, the history of the Russian Far East.

E.K. Kalutskaya. What an innovative social science textbook should look like: reflections of the Methodist.
The article analyzes the role and place of the social science textbook in modern schools, compares domestic and a number of foreign approaches to the content of the textbook, and provides reflections on important innovative elements of the modern textbook.
Key words: textbook, teaching tool, problem character, main text, social science, electronic textbook.

History and Society

G.G. Pikov. What is the legend about the state of presbyter John about?
The article attempts to scientifically explain the connection between the legend of the hypothetical Christian state of Presbyter John in Central Asia and the fact of the wide spread of Christianity in this territory in the 12th — 17th centuries.
Key words: presbyter John, middle ages, Europe, Asia, christianity in the East.

I.V. Griban, O.N. Griban. Playing the Past: a Representation of World War II in Computer Games and the Problem of the Memorialization.
The Computer Games are in the Modern World not only a popular means of Entertainment, but also have a Significant Impact on the Process of Formation and Transformation of Images of the Past. The article is devoted to the features of the representation of the past in computer games, the plot of which is associated with the events of the Second World war.
Key words: Second world war, historical memory, memorialization, a computer game, the image of the past, representation of the past, game studies.

Sukiasyan A.A. State-owned corporations in the history of market reforms in Russia 1990s.
The paper is devoted to the historical experience of creation and activities in 1990s of Russian state corporations that have become prototypes of modern financial institutions.
Key words: Russian reforms of the 1990s, investment policy, state corporations.

Methodic

O.A. Zakyrov. Organization of extracurricular activities of history and social science teachers in the conditions of distance learning.
The Article is devoted to an actual problem — the implementation of educational work in forms of distance learning. Methodological recommendations for teachers of history and social studies and school collectives are offered.
Keywords: distance learning, education, 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, webinar, networking.

O.V. Gugnina. Marshals of Victory: G.K. Zhukov and K.K. Rokossovsky (memo-characteristic for a history lesson).
The article discloses teaching methods for working with personalities in a history lesson on the example of two Victory Marshals G.K.Zhukov and K.K. Rokossovsky.
Key words: personalities, FSES, memo-characteristic of personality, dramatization, history lesson.

M.N. Rudenko. «We don’t know all the truth about the war» (history quiz).
The quiz on the history of the Great Patriotic war is proposed, which can be held in an extracurricular class.
Keywords: quiz, Great Patriotic war, extracurricular activities.

Zaya I.Yu. Ancient literary monuments in the study of early civilizations in the lessons on World history.
The author of the article tries to explain how a comperative analysis of some fragments of texts of ancient literature helps for better understand the history of early civilizations.
Keywords: Сivilization, nomads, Avesta, Egypt, Shumer, Assyro-Babylonians, Zoroastrians, Iran, Gilgamesh, Senuhe.

Uniform State Exam

A.Yu. Morozov, R.V. Pazin. Task 24 of USE in history: how to prepare graduates?
The article provides advice to teachers on schoolchildren for the assignment on the argument of the Uniform State Exam in history.
Keywords: the learning task to the argument, Uniform State Exam.

Young scientists’ works

S.V. Trashcheev. Practical aspects of assessing the communicative competence of future teachers of educational institutions.
The article is devoted to the problem of the lack of formation of communicative competence among students of pedagogical profile. The article also contains the author’s methodology for assessing the communicative competence of future school teachers and the main results of the study of the communicative styles of university students.
Keywords: assessment of communicative competence of future teachers, styles of communication, components of communicative competence.

D.A. Stepanov. Leo Tolstoy and Russian-Japanese war: warrior and patriot or apostle of non-violence?
The article is devoted to the study of the attitude of L.N. Tolstoy towards events of Russian-Japanese war. His opinion on current events due to his colossal moral authority was interesting to his contemporaries; his point of view combined pacifism and worries about failure during the war.
Keywords: Russian Empire, foreign affairs, Russian-Japanese war.