Abstract
This paper aims to clarify the principle of forming national identity by analyzing the textbook "Kokushi-Chiri" (Japanese History and Geography) used in Korea when it was under Japanese rule. The author analyzed how the book was integrated and how its instructional materials were selected and arranged. The results of this paper are as follows: 1) The method of integration is by associating Geography with Japanese History in chronological order. The reason is to make children contribute to the development of nation by understanding the trend of Japan's geographical expansion based on historical prosperity. 2) The materials of Japanese History are selected and arranged for children to understand the process of nation's development not by traditional biography history but by general history. 3) The materials of Geography are selected and arranged for children for them to understand the geographical perspectives of Japan's territory in its entirety.
