This study is concerned with critical thinking in social science textbooks of
high schools which is one of the most important educational levels in Iran. It
analyzes the views and ideas of teachers and experts in critical thinking area and
attempts to present a model for preparing social science textbooks of high
school based on this model. This model will be based on reasoning,
questioning, assessment of examples and statements, group work, interpretation,
true judgment about issues, analysis and evaluation, explicitness, and logicality
skills, as suggested by Lipman. Since one of the purposes of education is
building critical thinking in students, the education should foster the teachers'
spirit of accepting criticism and it should also create the critical spirit and a
suitable field of analysis and research in the students. In this study, the
researcher studies the critical thinking in education in general and in social