It is customary to call a patriot a person who truly loves his country, is ready to protect it in the event of a real danger, and wishes the Fatherland prosperity and development.
How to become a patriot
Activities for patriotic education in the school are aimed at instilling in the younger generation pride in their native land and country. From birth, they do not become true patriots. Such qualities are formed when studying the history of their nation, folk traditions, in the process of communicating with nature.
Family role
Despite the fact that recently, military-patriotic education in schools has been increasingly carried out, the foundations of civic qualities originate in the family. The formation of the child’s natural attachment to folk art depends on the parents. For this, the mother reads fairy tales to the baby and sings lullabies. It is in the family that the child’s initial cultural development takes place, and behaviors and family values are transmitted .
The importance of the school in the formation of patriotism
All activities for patriotic education in primary school are carried out in close connection with the family. This interaction of teachers and family gives the maximum result - the formation of a real little patriot. Activities on civic-patriotic education in the school are implemented using the spiritual and moral direction. Such concepts as duty, honor, conscience, in the modern world, unfortunately, have lost their real value.
Stages of education of patriotism
Work on the upbringing of a highly cultured and honest citizen should begin from the age of 6-7, that is, in the older group of kindergarten. For this, the teacher introduces the kids to the rules of behavior in society, moral standards. Activities for patriotic education in the school are built according to plan. For the lower grades, they are presented in the form of role-playing games, at the senior level of education they are divided into individual, collective projects.
Planning
The action plan for patriotic education in the school is drawn up for the school year. It indicates all the basic developments of the school, district, regional levels aimed at developing citizenship among schoolchildren. There are several main areas that highlight in the planning of spiritual and moral activity in an educational institution:
- The formation of patriotic feelings, a tolerant attitude towards freedoms and human rights, the development of citizenship.
- Education respectful attitude to life, hard work.
- Formation of attachment to a healthy lifestyle, family values.
- Respect for nature.
- The development of a sense of fine, correct perception of cultural and artistic values.
Public involvement
For the formation of such feelings among schoolchildren, only the work of teachers and the efforts of parents are not enough. Activities for patriotic education in the school should include conversations with members of the public, aimed at establishing moral qualities, rules of public behavior. Subbotniks, field trips aimed at the formation of an ecological culture are organized jointly with parents and representatives of local governments.
Business games, cool hours, thematic holidays help the teacher realize patriotic education at school. The event scenario can be developed by the teacher himself or a ready-made version created by colleagues can be taken.
The purpose of spiritual and moral education
It is a fundamental element of school education, aimed at the formation of the rising generation of such qualities as hard work, kindness, sincerity. Often, events on patriotic education at school have a cultural-historical specificity. The teacher is trying to educate in children a careful attitude to historical roots, nature, people. Together with parents and members of the public, teachers create conditions for tolerance towards representatives of different religions and nationalities. Each school develops its own action plan for the month of patriotic education in the school, trying to attract the maximum number of students, teachers, and their parents to them. There are quite a lot of traditions in Russian culture, the teacher’s task is to instill in schoolchildren a sense of responsibility towards their family, state, and homeland, instilling a love of the nature of their land.
Development Examples
We offer the development of measures for patriotic education at school. They are designed to work as a class teacher at the senior level of training.
Class hour "Onega - a town by the White Sea"
Purpose: the formation of love for his native city, the nature of his native land.
Educational aspect: building a civic position, getting to know one’s hometown, developing computer skills.
Educational aspect: to form love and responsibility for nature.
Developing aspect: to develop communication skills.
For the first time, the charter of Svyatoslav Olgovich for 1137 mentions the settlement of Pogost on Onega. In the 16th century, Onega is the center of northern shipbuilding. Pomeranian sailors on ships built by Onega went to Svalbard and Norway. In 1799, on the Eagle ship created in Podporozhye, they reached Alaska. “Poor Onega looks sadly into anyone passing by ... There are tidy houses in it - two, three, but these are the houses of the rich and the forest office, which found shelter in this city ...” (S. Maximov , “A Year in the North ”, P. 62). “The sun illuminated Onega ... The stone church was whitewashed on the mountain ... The stone building also whitened, it turned out to be the unchanged treasury ...” (Maksimov S.V., “Year in the North”, p. 62).
Teacher : "In the middle of the 20th century, Onega was a beautiful and clean city. Your parents spent a lot of time on improving their beloved city. What are we seeing now? There are dirty bottles and plastic packaging on the streets. Nobody cares about the cleanliness in the city. Are we really going to remain indifferent to what is happening in our city? "
Guys : "Of course not."
Teacher : "Guys, let's think together what we can do for our city."
The guys work collectively, trying to formulate how they can help the city.
Suggestions:
- Greening problem areas and territories along the roads.
- Put even more garbage containers on the streets.
- Create sites for walking dogs.
- Form an ecological culture in children from a very young age. To do this, hold various environmental games, environmental holidays, Olympiads, competitions, trips, create environmental museums: to interest children in ecology.
- Strengthen environmental advocacy (billboards, advertisements, the press, television).
- Create “green intelligence” (schoolchildren). "Green intelligence" will monitor the cleanliness in the city, conduct environmental cleanups.
Teacher : "To live clean or vegetate in the mud? The choice is probably obvious to everyone! For us, Onega residents, this is no exception. We want to see flowering trees around us, not garbage heaps! To make Onega a clean and comfortable city - our a common task. And this can be achieved only by understanding that the main thing is people, and all problems can be solved! "
Conclusion : during class hours, children not only learn more about their hometown, they are trying to develop measures that will help their hometown.
Military sports game "Zarnitsa"
Purpose: the formation of a sense of civic responsibility among the younger generation.
Objectives of the event:
- Formation of healthy lifestyle skills.
- The development of interest in the history of the native land.
- Training for future defenders of the Fatherland.
Plan of the event. First, 3-4 teams are formed on the parallels of grades 10-11. The guys come up with a name, a motto, choose a squad leader. Teachers develop tasks for each stage of the game, work closely with representatives of the military unit (if any), the military commissariat department, and fire departments. A history teacher prepares questions for participants in the game related to interesting and important historical dates of their native land. The teacher OBZh together with representatives of fire services is responsible for the stage of "Chemical Protection". A physical education teacher paired with representatives of the military registration and enlistment office (or the police) thinks over the actions of the young defenders of the Fatherland at the “Artful and Brave” stage. Children are introduced to scoring criteria at each stage of the game. At the end of the event, results are summed up, winners and prize-winners are awarded.
The relationship of the school and military personnel in recent years has gained particular importance. During the joint work of teachers and the military, many military-patriotic camps were formed on the territory of the country. In addition to field gatherings and meetings with military personnel, schoolchildren have the opportunity to improve their health, to better know folk traditions, and the culture of their native land.
Conclusion
The system of military-patriotic education, created in an educational institution, contributes to the preparation of children for the defense of the country, makes the work of the teaching staff holistic, systemic, consistent, purposeful. It is before the school that such an important and urgent task is set up as the formation of a true patriot of Russia. New federal state standards were created so that the modern teacher had a real opportunity to educate the true patriots of Russia. Special programs for the formation of citizenship in the younger generation are introduced in preschool public institutions. Only in the case of joint activities of parents, teachers, and authorities can we cope with this difficult and responsible task.