History Textbook Development Based on Historical Thinking

Abstract

The need for textbooks in learning is the most urgent thing, including in history learning. However, until now there have been no textbooks that are a learning resource for students which are arranged based on historical characteristics itself, namely historical thinking. So far, historical thinking has only been discussed as part of historical science. In fact, Thinking History is the main purpose why history should be taught to students. Studying history, students understand chronology, have the ability to analyze the causes and effects, causes and effects of an event, are able to interpret, think about three dimensions of time, and are able to take the values of these events that can be applied. In this life, these are all stages of Historical Thinking. Therefore, this study aims to produce textbooks designed in accordance with historical thinking. The material does not focus on describing facts, but rather analyzes facts and invites readers, especially students, to be trained in historical thinking. The research method used is Research and Development, with the ADDIE model. However, this research is limited to the development process only. So that a textbook is produced, namely the Textbook of the History of Islamic Civilization in Indonesia.