Ur- und Frühgeschichte in aktuellen Lehrplänen für den Geschichtsunterricht

Abstract

This article is based on a review of 41 current curricula for history teaching at german secondary schools. Which topics, related to prehistoric archaeology and early history, are to be taught in history lessons, and to which problems – seen from a scholastic perspective – can or will that lead? How could these problems be avoided? These questions are fi rst explored in a thematic and chronological
overwiew. Finally the curricula for the federal state of Saxony and its contents  from palaeolothic to early medieval times are discussed as a case study.