中学历史学科是一门提高学生文化知识素养和思想品德素养的必修学科,它在社会主义精神文明建设中占有重要地位,具有别的学科难以企求的特殊作用。而这一地位的体现和作用的发挥,不仅要求广大历史教育工作者对该门学科引起高度重视,而且还要求专家、学者编写出既能适应历史学科的必修课时有限之需要,又能引导青年一代正确对待和认识当今的现实生括,并积极展望中国和世界美好未来的好教材。 上海市教育出版社出版的高级中学历史教材《实验本》,基本上达到了上述要求。它既体现了上 The history discipline of middle school is a compulsory discipline to improve students’ cultural knowledge and ideological qualities. It occupies an important position in the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and has special functions that other disciplines cannot seek. The manifestation of this status and the exertion of its role not only require the vast number of historical educators to attach great importance to this discipline, but also requires experts and scholars to write out the limited time required to adapt to the history disciplines and guide youth. The generation has correctly dealt with and understood current realities and actively looked forward to good textbooks for a better future for China and the world. The above-mentioned requirements have basically been fulfilled by the “Experimental” textbook for senior high schools published by Shanghai Education Press. It reflects both