The Committee for General and Technical Education of the Council of Europe has initiated several projects to study, compare and evaluate curriculum materials used in the member nations. The study highlights preoccupations of educators in member countries responsible for the planning of history programs. There is concern for the content of the history course: the extent to which it should be nationally or internationally-oriented; the length to which local history should be treated; and whether the emphasis should be placed, in secondary education, on contemporary history. At the same time, the problem of teaching method remains the avoidance of prejudice, propaganda and error. Reflecting the vogue of interdisciplinarity, the study considers the relationship of history to other subjects in the curriculum and which elements of history might be integrated into hybrid disciplines such as social studies. The concluding chapter is on the training of history teachers. Related documents are ED 070 652 and SO 006 728. (Author/KSM)