Published by: School 2000. ISBN 978-5-930549-31-7; 2008. This brochure presents in a popular way a new approach to the construction of the didactic system of the activity method (L.). G Peterson), developed in the program "School 2000 ...". The technology of the activity method and the corresponding system of didactic principles that synthesize the ideas of modern didactics (A.) are described. N. Leontiev, P. I. Halperin, L. In. Zankov, V. In. David and others[edit] ) from a position of continuity with the traditional school and equip teachers with a concrete and practical tool for the implementation of modern educational goals.