SMA Negeri 8 Pekanbaru is one of the public high schools wich was originally SMPP 49 Pekanbaru which was founded in january 1976 by of the minister of Education and culture November 26, 1975 Number 0261/0/1975. This study aims to determine the effect of the use of media variantions on student motivation in the history subject of class XI IPS SMA Negeri 8 Pekanbaru. The type of reseacrhused…