Ternopil pupils will learn the history of their city at school

TERNOPIL – From now on the primary school pupils in Ternopil will learn the history of their hometown with the help of the color book called Nashe Misto: Ditiam Pro Ternopil [Our City: On Ternopil To Children. – Ed.]. The officials of the Ternopil Municipal Council say that it should be regarded as the first swallow announcing the realization of a large project for studying the history of Ternopil since the city mayor Serhii Nadal has issued an order to create a working group of qualified experts that will create programs and educational supplies on the history of Ternopil. The author of the abovementioned book, expert of local history, history teacher and secretary of this working group Ivan Bukavyn remarked that in 2012-13 they are going to introduce this subject in the fifth, tenth and eleventh grades. According to Bukavyn, the new book has to become a certain guide for the young Ternopil dwellers and has to develop their feeling of patriotism. The children will learn about the most significant architectural monuments and simultaneously they will find out about the major historical events of the city and the outstanding people who brought fame to their homeland.