The paradigm shift towards the focus on competence training calls for new research regarding the processes of historical thinking and learning as well as the complex interaction between players, media and concepts of history as a school subject. What concepts do teenagers have of a "successful history lesson"? How do expertise, didactic methodology and professional knowledge of teachers interact? Which possibilities does a didactic of archeology offer? Detailed analyses focus on separate aspects of the teaching process. However, several internal interrelations arise between the research projects. For instance, the function of language in history lessons is highlighted from multiple perspectives. Not least, the fields of conflicts of normative claims which history as a school subject is exposed to need to be charted.