“How do you think your home country should be portrayed in its history textbooks?”
Introduction
My home country is Saudi Arabia. It is a beautiful country with cultural diversity and mineral resources contributing effectively towards its development. Presentation of any nation in the textbooks is valuable in relation to the point of view or opinion by readers from other nation. Negative presentation of the nation in the textbooks will result into poor public opinion by readers from different nations whenever they come across reading material. It is, therefore, important to present Saudi Arabia positively to enable the readers from other nations develop an appreciation towards the rich history of the nation in question. I think my home country should be presented in history textbooks through examination of religion, education, political, economic, population, culture, and people.
I think the international readers should understand my home country in the history textbooks through positive illustration of the territory definition to avoid misconception whenever they come across the reading material. This is essential towards understanding the population density of the nation from the international and internal perspectives during the study. Presentation of accurate territorial definition will offer adequate information in relation to my home country thus an opportunity to understand the unique nation in comparison to the rest of the nations across the globe. The presentation of religious background of my home country should portray appreciation of diversity and acknowledgement of existence of different practices of religion. This will contribute towards enhancing the concept of religion in my home country. I would also feel appreciated whenever I read such information that appreciates or acknowledges the existence of diverse religious practices in Saudi Arabia in comparison to the world’s common religions. This is an indication that the presentation of religious practices in the history books should not undermine my home nation across the globe. Numerous individuals come across the history books both internally and internationally thus the need to portray positive and appreciative notion of the religious diversity in my home nation.
In the presentation of culture in the history books, I think my home country should also be presented as diverse cultural group through maintenance of the positive presentation mode. This indicates that the presentation should also respect diversity of culture in my home country in the process of enhancing the awareness of the readers on the world’s culture. This should portray elements of superiority to elaborate on the importance of the unique culture to the population of my home country. This will also contribute towards the development of positive relations to the history textbooks with relevant information about my home country. Political presentation of my home country should focus on legitimacy and sovereignty of the nation to promote quality international relations with other nations across the globe. This will improve the relationship with the nation by individuals who come across this vital information in relation to history of my home country.
Conclusion
Presentation of the information of my home country in the history books has a critical role in the determination of opinion by relevant readers of the books. This indicates that the history presentation should be accurate and straightforward to enable readers develop appreciative notion in relation to the information in the textbooks. It is important to portray positive information in the history textbooks to promote quality international relations among nations across the globe. This is through appreciation of the history of home country thus avoiding undermining the beautiful nation at the international level. This is possible through appreciation of the cultural, political, and population diversity at the international level within the history textbooks.
