The Integration of Character Education in Learning Indonesian Subject at Elementary School

the industrial revolution 4.0 had brought a rapid change including the use of technology in education. Character education became a human wisdom tool in dealing with the flow of changes that affect the human's mentality. Students must be provided from the beginning about the value of national character, it could be done through the integration of character values in learning, especially Indonesian language learning in elementary school (SD). This study aimed to integrate the character education into learning Indonesian in elementary school, specifically there were two main points of study, those are (1) identifying the appropriate character values to be integrated into Indonesian subjects in elementary school (2) integrating character values into Indonesian learning in elementary school. The research design was descriptive qualitative that aimed to present research findings through more detailed narratives. The data sources were obtained through documentation, that was obtained from Indonesian primary school learning books, observation, observing the students behavior in the classroom, and teacher interviewed. The research instrument referred to strengthening character education (PPK) of the ministries of education and culture. Based on the analysis, the results were (1) The appropriate character values that was integrated into the Indonesian were: tolerance, mutual cooperation, honesty, responsibility, and being autonomous; (2) integrating character values into Indonesian learning could be done through teaching media, learning models, and authentic assessments.