Textbooks focus on sacrifice and martyrdom: the case of general education period

The main of this research is to shed light on the extent the textbooks in general education focus on the concepts of sacrifice and martyrdom. The methodology used in this study is descriptive and content analysis in an applied approach. The sample consisted of four titles with 24 volumes published in the solar year 1378. The instrument used in the study was a checklist developed by the researcher and the results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that firstly, 1230 times the parameters of martyrdom and sacrifice were mentioned. The number of repetition in Farsi books, heavenly gifts, social teachings, and history were 626, 230, 287, and 87, respectively. Secondly, the most focus on the concept of sacrifice is seen in the second year of guidance school, and the least attention is in the second year of elementary school, the history book of the first and second year of guidance school