To be a history teacher, you should choose a major in history education, but only if you have a teacher qualification certificate. You can get a high school teacher qualification certificate with a general bachelor's degree.

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1. History majors train historical professionals with certain basic Marxist theoretical literacy and systematic professional basic knowledge, and have further training potential, as well as applied and compound senior professionals who can engage in practical work in state organs, cultural and educational undertakings, press and publication, cultural archives and various intermediary institutions.

2. Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of history, receive training in basic historical facts and historical research of China's history and the development of world history, and have the basic abilities required for professional work.

3. China has always attached importance to history education. Liu Zhiji, a historian in the Tang Dynasty, pointed out: "It is of great benefit to use history, which is an important task for people and a vital road for the country." Contemporary thinkers believe that "historiography is related to the survival of the country" and "it is the study of the rise and fall of the country and the rise and fall of the nation", so we must attach importance to history and historical education.

However, in recent years, there have been some problems in our school history education. Domestic history educators should learn from the experience of foreign counterparts, live up to the mission of the times, and revitalize China's history education.