Abstract
We prepared a contemporary history terminology list for Chinese students in Japan. This serves two purposes: first, to support the students in understanding their major studies; second, to help them connect the terms with what they've studied.91 important terms appearing in more than half the world history textbooks in high school were extracted. How these 91 terms are used in history textbooks in China is also in explored.These 91 terms were divided into three groups:(1) Not appearing in textbooks in China: 26 words.(2) Concept exists in China, but not the terms: 11.(3) Appearing as terms in textbooks in China: 54. Group (1) - the terms and the information need to be learned, group (2) - it is necessary to introduce these terms and relate them to the information that the students already know. Group (3) - 3 terms have more information in textbooks in Japan and 8 have different content. We will perform classroom activities highlighting these differences.
