Origin, peculiarities and tasks of case study technologies are considered in details, case study contents, different types of work with this technology are described, a role of a teacher is shown in the work with case study technologies. Steps of work with case studies on the history lessons are indicated case sources: statistical materials; analysis of scientific articles, monographs, scientific reports on a particular problem; Internet resources; fiction and journalism. The principles of case study construction are revealed: formation of didactic purposes of the case; definition of a problem situation; building a program case study map consisting of the main theses, which must be implemented in the text; search for information on the study topic; collection of information on the theses of the program card of the case; construction, choice of the model of the situation, which reflects the activities of the institution, checking its relevance to reality; choice of case genre; writing the text of the case; diagnosis of the correctness and effectiveness of the case, the conduct of a methodological training experiment, built on a particular scheme, to calculate the effectiveness of this case; preparation of the final version of the case; preparation of guidelines for the use of the case. The essence of the implementation of the case study is revealed: familiarity with the situation, its features.

Keywords: case, case study technology, case study sources, case study content, case work.