Abstract
The aim of this article is to clarify the development of teaching contents in History Education for fostering Citizenship. To achieve this aim, I analyzed the series of textbooks Think Through History published in 1997-2007 for KS3, and considered the organization of curriculum based on real textbooks. Consequently, the following five features were identified; Firstly, to develop teaching contents in History education for fostering citizenship more directly. Secondly, to develop a perspective to overcome obstacles in order to realize the democratic and cooperative society. Thirdly, to adopt the multifaceted contents and active method. Fourthly, to recommend the rearrangement of the development of teaching contents based on targets set by the practitioner. And finally, to organize the contents so that recognition and nature to be a citizen of democratic society will be reinforced partly by the rearrangement. These features are very characteristic and have a potential to change history teaching and textbooks in Japan.
