Local history in primary school text-books for history 1945–2005

Abstract

The contribution presents the results of a theoretical historical research in which the authoress attempted to find out to what extent local history was present in primary school text-books for history, published between the years 1945 and 2005. She ascertains that local history was present in separate text-books, that is, with different tasks, in additional written material, as image materials or within the frame of the text-book but in a modest extent. Therefore she proposes that in the future, local history should be given essentially more attention in primary school text-books for history.