High School History Basic Knowledge Manual - (11th Revision)

Author: Xue Jinxing
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is a reference tool written by teachers from thirty-eight key high schools nationwide, based on the newly revised "Full-Time Secondary School History Teaching Syllabus" issued by the Ministry of Education and the "Exam Syllabus." It aligns with the updated high school history textbooks. While analyzing fundamental knowledge, the book emphasizes teaching students historical learning methodologies. It comprehensively summarizes the characteristics of historical periods, precisely extracts key threads, categorizes important historical knowledge, and provides interdisciplinary knowledge summaries. The book systematically summarizes and elaborates on high school history and interdisciplinary knowledge in thematic forms. Compared to other similar books, this one has four distinct features:
1. Rich and Comprehensive Foundational Knowledge, Strong Reference Value: Recognizing the scattered nature of historical knowledge points and the difficulty in grasping their patterns, the compilers thoroughly reviewed the textbooks, comprehensively extracted key knowledge points, and systematically explained key and difficult concepts. They accurately defined terms, truly achieving the goal of "having everything in one volume."
2. Strong Emphasis on Thinking Methods, Well-Organized and Systematic: While analyzing foundational knowledge, the book focuses on teaching students historical learning methodologies. It comprehensively summarizes historical period characteristics, precisely extracts key threads, categorizes important historical knowledge, and provides interdisciplinary knowledge summaries, systematically summarizing and elaborating on high school history and interdisciplinary knowledge in thematic forms.
3. Efforts to Move Beyond Test-Driven Learning, Targeted and Practical: Students who have undergone senior-year review often find that even after solving many problems, they still struggle with similar questions later. The main reason is that they haven’t learned how to learn effectively. This book addresses this issue well: it teaches students methods and skills, freeing them from the sea of exercises and allowing them to learn history with ease.
4. Accurate Grasp of Gaokao Trends, Novel and Up-to-Date: The compilers meticulously studied the "Teaching Syllabus," "Exam Syllabus," and recent years’ Gaokao questions, identifying which key and hot topics belong to which sections. They broke them down into smaller units, thoroughly explained them, and ensured they served as guiding principles, achieving the learning efficiency of "learning one example to understand many."
All contributors to this book are experienced frontline teachers with years of teaching expertise, and the book is a compilation of their accumulated teaching insights.