| Recently the international community is watching | | | | is never too much to get familiar with the world. |
| closely on the dispute between UK and Argentina | | | | Students can only know the country completely |
| over Falkland Islands. Both sides have their own | | | | after they have an overall view of the international |
| standpoints. It is too complex to tell who is wrong or | | | | situation. |
| right, but one thing we can learn from the issue | | | | There are a lot for students or pupils to learn in |
| between UK and Argentina is that patriotism should | | | | educational education, then how to guide them to |
| be passed to the mass deeply. Pupils and students, | | | | accept and digest what they learn easily and |
| certainly, come as the first group to accept the | | | | effectively? Teachers and schools need to come up |
| patriotism education. In this situation, teachers are | | | | with some creative ways of this education. |
| the critical guides, and schools are the education | | | | Students will learn more when they participate in a |
| platform. It is necessary to make the young know | | | | program than when it was just done in the |
| what is patriotism, whether through traditional ways | | | | classroom. Organize some visits or programs to take |
| like visiting, reading, etc. or the modern technological | | | | students to the live site, which must be able to |
| methods, such as watching videos, taking some Flash | | | | arouse their interests of learning. It is also a good |
| history quizzes, etc. | | | | idea to have some service men or the professional |
| Teachers are suggested to cultivate students' | | | | hands to come for the speeches. Interactive |
| patriotism from things close to them, which will make | | | | meetings will offer children good chances to |
| the meaning of love for motherland more acceptable. | | | | communicate with the heroes or the professors. |
| Basic knowledge | | | | Besides these vivid teaching, schools can also show |
| National flag, emblem, and anthem are some basic | | | | some videos or DVD movies to students for the |
| knowledge for students. What is the meaning | | | | education. It is necessary that schools offer students |
| between the lines? Are there any historical affairs | | | | good sources and learning materials. The combinations |
| behind the song? Teachers need to guide students | | | | of traditional and modern teaching as well as |
| to respect their flag and other patriotic symbols. | | | | in-classroom and out-classroom teaching are efficient |
| Protocols in these occasions are also one of the main | | | | for patriotism education with high quality. |
| tasks in patriotism education. | | | | After teaching and learning, time to check or |
| Festivals and memorable days | | | | evaluate the result comes. Some discussions can be |
| Apart from the concrete symbols of motherland, | | | | held, which plays as the platform for students to |
| festivals are an important part to show the | | | | share their feelings and what they have learned. Quiz |
| uniqueness of one country. Children may know the | | | | competition about national knowledge is also an |
| festivals including their dates, names, etc., but many | | | | inspiring method to encourage students. Nowadays |
| of them haven't been clear about the real meaning to | | | | technology develops so quickly, and the new |
| celebrate the days. They have never heard or | | | | advanced tactic will help us to share the knowledge |
| learned the story behind the symbols. It is teachers' | | | | with more people. Teachers create a PowerPoint |
| duty to make the students know the festivals are | | | | presentation, and then share them on the Web. |
| not just some names, but the lessons we draw from | | | | Schools can also make patriotism quizzes with quiz |
| hardness, the glory we get from bravery, the | | | | maker for students to take, and the quizzes could be |
| memorial we keep for improvement. | | | | shared on Web, so more people will learn the |
| History and international situation | | | | precious knowledge. It is also the valuable harvest of |
| Professor Johnston often said that if you didn't know | | | | students themselves. |
| history, you didn't know anything; you were a leaf | | | | The importance of patriotism education is |
| that didn't know it was part of a tree. One of the | | | | self-evident, and it is the duty and also the glory of |
| critical parts in Patriotism Education is to make | | | | teachers and schools to guide the young generation |
| students absorb nutrition from what happened in the | | | | to the love of motherland. The goal is to make the |
| past - history. Touch them from the forefather's | | | | student a thoughtful mind, “when it sees a |
| struggle, bravery, wisdom, and decree. Let them | | | | Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation |
| realize the hardened journey to the happiness they | | | | itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, |
| are enjoying now. Also as George Santayana said, a | | | | he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the |
| man's feet must be planted in his country, but his | | | | principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the |
| eyes should survey the world. It is necessary to | | | | Nation that sets it forth. |
| know one's own country, while in the new century it | | | | |