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This article discusses the notion of patriotism as an important theme of secondary school obligatoryreading. It highlights the difficulties related to familiarizing students with the crucial partof the curriculum content. The authoress indentifies the sources of these difficulties and emphasisesthat it is extremely important in school practice to treat reading as an active mental process. Shepoints out that, by relating to contexts, it leads to shaping a critical attitude in the reception of obligatoryreading.