The Importance of Local Wisdom Values in Teaching Materials of Bahasa Indonesia of The Seventh Grade Students

One of the efforts to fortify students from globalization is by character building. This character building can be embedded by integrating the values of local wisdom in teaching materials used in schools. This teaching materials will contain the local culture of society, religious values, and view of the life of the Indonesian nation. By using this teaching materials, students will select, explore, know well so that they will be able to choose, recognize, understand, and live it in their lives. The purpose of this article is to describe the importance of local wisdom values in teaching materials of Bahasa Indonesia of the seventh-grade students. The impact of the integration of local wisdom values in teaching materials of Bahasa Indonesian is to make students feel easier in maintaining regional culture and strengthen the character of the nation.