Školski sustav 21. stoljeća ima jasno zadanu strukturu odgojno-obrazovnih ciljeva. Kreativni razvoj u toj strukturi zadanog ima vrlo važno mjesto jer je kreativan učenik onaj koji je spreman otkrivati, kritički promišljati i stvarati, što su nužne kompetencije za život i rad u 21. stoljeću. Razvoj i poticanje kreativnosti vezano je uz kogniciju tako da se poučavanje za kreativnost odnosi na poučavanje usmjereno na razvoj kognitivnog mišljenja kod učenika. Nastava povijesti po svojoj složenosti zahtijeva razvoj apstraktnog mišljenja kod učenika, što je nužno za razumijevanje predmetnog sadržaja, ali i preduvjet razvoju kreativnog mišljenja. Da bi učenike poučili zahtjevnom apstraktnom mišljenju i kod njih potaknuli razvoj kreativnog mišljenja potrebno im je, uz korištenje adekvatnih nastavnih strategija, ponuditi različite izazove koji će ih misaono pokretati. Cilj je ovog rada, uz teorijsko razlaganje onoga što podrazumijeva kreativnost općenito te specifično u nastavi povijesti, prikazati značajke kreativnog mišljenja, razložiti ulogu školskog okruženja i nastavnika te dati primjere pitanja i zadataka čija je svrha poticanje kreativnog mišljenja uz primjenu suradničkih strategija. The school system of the 21st century has a clearly defined structure of educational goals. Among these educational goals creative development has a very important place because the creative student is the one who is willing to discover, critically think and create. Each od aforementioned competences are necessary for life and work in the 21st century. The development and encouragement of creativity is related to cognition, so the teaching of creativity is closely connected with development of cognitive thinking. Teaching and learning history by its complexity requires the development of abstract thinking in students, which is necessary to understand the subject matter, but also abstract thinking presents the precondition for the development of creative thinking. In order to teach students a demanding abstract thinking and encourage the development of creative thinking, they need to be exposed, through the use of appropriate teaching strategies, to the various challenges that will trigger them. The aim of this paper is to present the theoretical background of what constitutes creativity in general and specific in history teaching, to present the features of creative thinking, to disclose the role of school environment and teachers, and to provide examples of assignments for students whose purpose is to encourage creative thinking by applying collaborative strategies.