IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF SENIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN BASED ON THE PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL OF MEMORIAL LITERATURE
The article considers the main possibilities of increasing the effectiveness of patriotic education of senior schoolchildren, which are provided by the use of the pedagogical potential of memorial literature at the present stage of development of the corresponding segment of the educational system. Before starting a conversation about the main subject, the socio-economic, political and cultural realities characteristic of the modern stage of the history of Russia are studied. Based on the research, the necessity of making significant changes in the structure and content of patriotic education of senior schoolchildren is proved. Further, some measures are proposed to modernize the corresponding system. The results of the study help to conclude that the use of memorial literature is necessary from the point of view of optimizing the process of patriotic education of adolescents and youth. The results can be achieved through the integration of memorial literature into the educational process. Some methodological approaches are proposed that, in the opinion of the authors, ensure effective work with it by participants in the educational process.