Each nation or country has a national identity that is different from another country, so that identity becomes the unique characteristic of a nation. In this era of the 21st century, the community is demanded to ready to face globalization or ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which becomes a challenge for Indonesian people in defending nation identity when facing acculturation as a result of the free economy market so many foreigners will come to Indonesia freely. Therefore to solve that problem, it needs an effort to defend the national identity and national identity in facing AEC, so the nation's existence will keep maintained. One of them is through education. This paper aims to find out how to defend national identity through curricul...