Using graphic illustrations with social studies textbooks

AbstractPrimary school curriculums are restructured in 2005 in Turkey. Naturally, Social Studies curriculum is also got changed in this the process. Curriculums’ content and organization of most courses are determined by the textbook. Therefore, changes in Social Studies curriculum is reflected to textbook.New social studies textbooks are different from previous textbooks both content and visually. Graphic illustrations have an important place in new textbooks.The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of graphic illustrations in textbook by document analyses method