九年义务教育历史教材(上海版)《中国历史》增加了大量的丰富多彩的插图,这表明插图已经作为教材的一个重要组成部分受到编纂者的高度重视,也表明历史教材在表达手段上已由过去的以文字表达为主向图文并茂的方向转变。这种新的发展趋向,给我们历史教学带来了一个新的课题:如何认识历史教材插图的作用?下面仅结合《绪论课》的教学谈谈对历史教材插图在课堂教学中的作用:一、培养兴趣,激发求知我国古代大教育家孔子说过:“知之者,不如好之者:好之者,不如乐之者。”我理解所谓“乐”字即为兴 The nine-year compulsory education history textbook (Shanghai edition) has added a large number of colorful illustrations to the “Chinese history”. This shows that illustrations have been highly valued by editors as an important part of the teaching materials, and that historical textbooks have been expressed From the past, the use of textual expressions has shifted to the direction of the images and texts. This new trend of development has brought us a new topic in history teaching: how to understand the role of historical textbook illustrations? The following is a combination of the teaching of the Introduction lesson on the role of historical textbook illustrations in classroom teaching: Fostering Interests and Inspiring the Interest of Confucius, an ancient educator in China, said: “The people who know are not as good as those who are good, but those who are happy.” I understand that the word “Le” is the name