A compilation of five documents defines and explores the role, scope, reforms, and current trends in history teaching in Hungary. Ivan Berend in "Educational Ideas and History," considers whether or not the traditional uses of historical knowledge have become obsolete and examines the value of this knowledge in today's society. Peter Szebenyi describes past, present, and future trends in methods of instructing 10- to 14-year-old students in "Teaching History in Hungary." Changes since 1960 in the perspectives, focus, and purposes of instruction are investigated by Ervin Vladar in "The Scope and Situation of History Teaching in Hungary." Istvan Horanyi, in "History Teaching at Grammar-School: Debates and Views on the Modernization of History Teaching," considers Hungary's public education reform movement during the 1970s and its effects on the interpretation of historical data and school curricula. Facultative history education is defined by Ervin Vladar, in "About the Curriculum of the Facultative Education of History in Grammar-School," as an educational program that attempts to expand the historical knowledge and understanding of motivated and talented Hungarian elementary school students. Charts are included. (JHP)