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History teaching is aim to educate students which is knowing the ways to access historical sources and evidence, resources to reach questioning, criticizing, evaluating, also such as causality, chronological thinking, historical empathy skills having. In this study the factors that influence students' levels of literacy history and their causes are discussed based on the opinions of teachers. In this study, interview technique was used as qualitative research method was utilized as a means of data collection. For this purpose, interviews were held with 12 teachers in the study group. “Criteria sampling” method preferred in determining of the study * Doç. Dr., Gazi Üniversitesi, Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi, Tarih Eğitimi A.B.D. E-posta: [email protected] ** Yrd. Doç. Dr., Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü, Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi A.B.D. E-posta: [email protected] group. Various opinions have been put forward the reasons of students' historical literacy levels are low and solutions directed towards by the participants. It was mentioned that social studies curriculum, students' parents, social studies teachers, social studies textbooks is effective on levels of students' historical literacy. In addition participants expressed that it is not appropriate history programs to the level of student on TV and there is a dull lecture on the historical documentary. So they do not attract the attention of students.

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