Özet:

Some tools are needed to the objective of the teaching programs. To make teaching possible, learning can be timely and permanent only through these tools. The most commonly used tools in the teaching environments are the lesson books. It is quite easy to get and use books. With the influence of the more dominant visual media, individuals began to learn with their eyes rather than reading, and visual facts began to gain importance. The texts contained in the curriculum should be in the capacity to provide the student with the reading skills, which is one of the basic activities of his native language. Therefore, some criteria should be taken into account when choosing these texts. One of these measures is readability. 8th grade T.C. It is intended to determine whether the Inkılap History and Atatürkçülük curriculum conforms to the visual design principles and readability by measuring the target age mass. Artvin Çoruh University School of Education 80 social information teacher candidate developed by Alpan (2004) and consists of five sub-dimensions according to the Scale of Visual Design Principles of Class 8 T.C. He has studied the history and the teaching book. The review found that the curriculum was sufficient in terms of typographical characteristics, text editorials, visual elements design, page design, cover design and external structure characteristics for production. Three texts selected from different sections of the curriculum were implemented by Ateşman (1997) developed for Turkish Reading Formula. The level of one of the three texts chosen from the curriculum is difficult, and the level of the other two texts is difficult to determine. This is an indication that the texts in the curriculum are difficult for the target audience. Keywords: textbook; visual design; readability; history of incrust.