Strengthening Historical Awareness Through Learning Based On Tourism Work Of Hindu-Buddhist Historical Sites In Tulungagung

Abstract

The purpose of learning history is to make students have historical thinking skills. To achieve historical thinking skills, students need to be equipped with capital to have historical awareness. One of the efforts to instill historical awareness can be done by learning field trip. Field trip implementation by inviting students to visit historical sites. Objects that are used as tourism objects are Hindu-Buddhist sites in Tulungagung. The site is in the form of ancient caves and temples. The purpose of this paper is to provide alternative conceptual ideas for history teachers to strengthen historical awareness through the field trip method. Through well-packaged learning activities, it can provide direct experience for participants to get closer to historical sites. From each site visited there is a story and a red thread will be found in the narrative of the relationship between history and the local context and national history. So that it will lead to an appreciation of the meaning and essence of history that is used for guidance in the present and future life.