Th udy was conducted to 1T1V tigate the teaching o:frnhis ory i th respect 0 :four d problems, viz., thernbas1c reasoning:fo the place nt o:f his ory in the seniorrncond ry school curriculu, th pr ct c sand p ocesaes o:frnyll u. develop en, he teaching strategies, hods andrnchn ques, and the eaching materials us d both in the pas andrnh pre n. To this nd both historic land descrip ive- urveyrnresearch techniques were employed. The historic 1 earchrnatt mpted to 1nvest1gate what happen d nd hy it happened in arnd :f n1te chronological period. It indicated trends,rndev lop nts, phas , or perspectives o:f past hi tory teach1ngrn1n Eth op1an senior condary chools. Main :findings o:f thernhistorical study were: (i) The 1ncl usion o:f h1stor y in thernen10r secondary school curriculum vas a conca i tant develop enrnwith the beginning o:f secondary education in the country; (ii)rnAt the earlier stage the h1story syllab1 were solely constructedrnby subJect specialists; (iii) Be:fore 1963 the teaching o:frnhistory vas not a1 ed at enabling students to know so ethingrnabout their 0 n country; (iv) except the 1967 syllabus, allrnother yllabi re:fl cted the traditional vie o:f his oryrnte ching; the object1ves o:f the syllabi were the acquisi ion o:frnknowledge; the view o:f history reckoned that tudents shouldrnlearn h s ory to know about the past and history teachingrne phasiz d on the transmission o:f 1n:formation.rnThe descriptive-survey research atte pted to describe thernpresent status o:f history teaching, with particular re:ference tornthe senior secondary schools o:f Addis Ababa. The :findings o:frnthis descr1ptiv study are mostly re:flective o:f he situat on inrnthes chools. The descriptive-survey del" ved data :fro arnquestionnaire, 1nterv1evs and a classroo observation. The detarnobtained :from the quest onneire were tabulated and pre nted 1nrntables expressed in nu bers and perc en ages. The views o:f herninterviewee ere used to substantiate the int :cpretation,rnaTialy is and the discussion wherever deemed Tlecessar"y. Thern.~requ nci S o:f he categor1es embodied in the 0 servationrnchedule expressed as average les on percentages. Tornd r irl