The article deals with the study and application of project-based technology in history classes. The purpose, types and stages of this technology are defined. The development of the world community in recent decades has increasingly clearly put the priority of the human personality at the centre of the education and upbringing system. In modern society there is an increased need for a teacher who is able to modernize the content of their activities through critical, creative thinking and application of the achievements of science and best pedagogical practices. The project method implies a certain set of educational and cognitive techniques and actions of students that allow solving a particular problem as a result of independent cognitive actions and involving presentation of these results in the form of a concrete product of activity. Application of modern educational technologies increases the efficiency of the learning process, strengthens learning motivation and cognitive activity of students, constantly supports teachers in a state of creative search of didactic innovations. Students are transformed from objects of the educational process into active and successful subjects, which also contributes to the success of the teacher as a professional. The application of project-based technology contributes to the personal confidence of each participant in the learning process, their self-fulfillment and reflection.