The educational potential of the hero city in the development of schoolchildren's social activity

The article attempts to analyze the role and influence of the educational potential of the hero city on the process of development of social activity of schoolchildren in modern Russia. This problem is particularly relevant on the eve of 2020, declared the Year of Memory and glory in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war. The theory of the middle approach is considered, the educational potential of the hero city is defined, the importance of its use for the stable development of social activity of the schoolboy is stressed, the essence and specificity of this process is noted. Resources of the educational potential of the hero city - architectural historical and cultural, educational, social and activity and virtual - have been allocated. The peculiarities of these resources are revealed and concrete examples of their implementation are given on the example of the hero city Leningrad. Supporting conclusions there are given some examples from the real practice of educational activity of patriotic orientation of the school and children's public association "Georgievskaya team." An effective tool for realizing the educational potential of the hero city for the development of social activity of schoolchildren - a children's public association of patriotic orientation - has been proposed.