The need to use local history material in the process of teaching various subject of the school curriculumis analyzed. Feature of use of the "regional studies principle", which involves the systematic establishment of connections between the study of any geography course and the knowledge that students receive as a result of direct research of the region. Important task of local studies, ways of implementing local studies in secondary schools are highlighted. It is emphasized that it is necessary to teach geography on the basis of local knowledge, that is, to conduct training in such a way that local material is the starting point for thef ormation of geographical ideas, concepts, andl aws. The important importance played by the introduction of the regional component in geography lessons is characterized