Deals with the teaching of history in schools, with particular relation to Year 9 students. The thesis points out that as there is a move away from national and grand scale histories that there is a need to teach local history as part of the history curriculum with some emphasis on histories of groups, social classes and specific issues. The thesis also argues that as Australian history is by nature more local than regional it should be so taught. Looks at the aims and objectives involved in the teaching of history in the school. Looks at the value of promoting the enquiry approach to teaching history and of stimulating exploratory activity inside and outside the classroom.