“教育要面向现代化、面向世界、而向未来”,这是我们编写教材所遵循的基本原则。作为发达地区版的初中世界史教材,其内容是讲述世界历史的发展与变化,教育对象是跨世纪的现代化建设人才,使用地区又是改革开放的前沿,因而它需着力在面向现代化方面。本教材在编写体例、内容结构、材料选择以及插图文字等方面均具有自己的特色。现将本教材编写的基本思路与特色作一介绍。 “Education must be oriented toward modernization, the world, and the future.” This is the basic principle we follow when compiling teaching materials. As a textbook for the development of junior high schools in developed regions, the content is about the development and changes of world history. The object of education is the talents of modernization across the century. The use of the region is also the frontier of reform and opening up. Therefore, it needs to focus on modernization. This textbook has its own characteristics in terms of style, content structure, material selection and illustrations. Now we will introduce the basic ideas and features of this textbook.