The purpose of this paper is to clarify the content organization of a social studies curriculum that responds to the contemporary social needs of nation building. As a result of analyzing “Discovering Democracy Units” from the perspective of the formation of national identity, it is clear that this teaching material hybridizes and drives two views in the way of understanding national identity and its formation. The results showed that the content of the material is designed to reinforce the effect of “mobilization” by the educational power of the society by driving a hybrid of two views in the way of understanding national identity and its formation. The implication of this paper is that education for national identity formation needs to be judged based on the context surrounding the nation building of the society, as well as an evaluation of the validity of the logic of its curriculum organization.