This paper aims to provide an explanation of the relation of historical education with the process of nation character building in Indonesia. This study uses literature review method. The results show that historical education has a very strategic role to shape the character and identity of the Indonesian nation. To be able to realize it, the curriculum must be considered in historical education, learning process, as well as historical learning materials. The history curriculum must be able to accommodate the interests of the nation character building process. Furthermore, the learning process of history must also be able to optimize the process of internalization and actualization of values in historical events. Finally, historical material must be able to collaborate on academic and pedagogical elements.

This paper aims to analyze how the role of historical education in the establishment of multicultural awareness of students. The research used literature study method. The sources collected were then analyzed. The results show that historical education as one of the important instruments in the nation character building, has a strategic role in shaping multicultural awareness of students. Multicultural awareness referred to in this research is the awareness and recognition about the existence of ethnic, cultural, and so on, so as to strengthen tolerance in the life of the nation and state. Student multicultural awareness is formed from the understanding of past events that have multicultural values. The events referred to existed during the period of the national movement, for in that period the Indonesian nation discovered the concept of national integration and recognition of diversity.

Penelitian mengenai Wiwit Mbako di Kabupaten Temanggung, Provinsi Jawa Tengah untuk sumber belajar sejarah belum dikaji secara mendalam. Tujuan penelitian ini ialah menganalisis pelaksanaan Wiwit Mbako dan potensinya sebagai sumber belajar mata pelajaran sejarah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan ialah kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan studi pustaka. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menguraikan data mengenai Wiwit Mbako. Hasil uraian tersebut kemudian dikaitkan dengan Kompetensi Dasar (KD) mata pelajaran sejarah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Masyarakat Kabupaten Temanggung, Provinsi Jawa Tengah memiliki tradisi Wiwit Mbako. Tradisi tersebut memiliki latar belakang sejarah terkait dengan kedatangan bangsa Barat di Nusantara. Tradisi Wiwit Mbako dapat digunakan sebagai sumber belajar sejarah. Wiwit Mbako berkaitan dengan KD 3.1., mata pelajaran sejarah kelas XI jenjang SMA/MA/SMK/MAK. Wiwit Mbako berkaitan materi dampak masuknya Bangsa Eropa bagi Bangsa Indonesia.

This study aims to determine the perceptions of the Javanese people in the Paguyaman Region of Gorontalo Province towards the transmigration policy during the Soeharto era. The research method used in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. Data collection was carried out using interview techniques and field observations. The results of the research show that the people were disappointed with several things regarding the transmigration program, especially regarding the government's promises at that time, which were not fully realized. There were several problems at the destination location that contributed to the transmigrant community's dissatisfaction with the program, including the government's promise that the location where the transmigrants would live was ready to be occupied and agricultural land was also ready to be worked on, but in reality, the location of the placement transmigrants is still the wilderness, and the promised agricultural land still had to be cleared of weeds. The transmigrant community felt that what the government had promised during socialization was still far from the community's expectations when they saw the placement locations first hand.