<![CDATA[This research is motivated by the limited innovation in history learning media in senior high schools, which results in monotonous learning processes and contributes to students’ low causality thinking skills. This condition highlights the need for instructional media that can encourage students to think critically in analyzing cause-and-effect relationships in historical events, as well as assist them in understanding the learning material more effectively. The purpose of this study is to analyze the needs for developing electronic thematic map media in history learning for Class X E-4 at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang. The focus of the research includes an analysis of students’ needs, curriculum analysis, resource analysis, and an analysis of the use of electronic thematic map media. The research subjects consisted of 28 students. This study employed a qualitative method using descriptive data, with data collected through classroom observations, interviews with teachers and students, and a pre-test administered to students. The findings indicate that students require more varied and interactive learning media, not merely text-based materials. Therefore, electronic thematic map media have the potential to serve as a solution for making history learning more engaging, supporting the development of students’ causality thinking skills, and achieving learning objectives more effectively.]]>
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