The paper examines the features of the society development in the Russian State interacting with the teaching civil identity feelings to the young generation. Researchers pay special attention to the issue of methods and ways of educating the young generation in modern conditions of society development, working out the possible results of mastering new tasks and courses set for teachers. The pedagogical tasks for teaching history and social studies have been determined: fostering a sense of civil identity among schoolchildren, studying traditions, cultures and values of the peoples of the Russian State; unification of the Russian society and interaction for the favorable development of the country in the future; private principles of upbringing schoolchildren are considered to achieve a wider level of patriotic feelings of schoolchildren. The problem of civil position, responsibility, social culture and socialization formation is considered as one of the main ones. In the course of studying theoretical material of both Russian and Soviet teachers, the basic principles of civil identity formation were revealed. A set of methods is formed on the basis of the principles of self-actualization, personalization and indivisibility of the processes of education and training. The analysis of theoretical and methodological literature showed a significant variety of pedagogical methods, techniques and technologies.