A systematic cross-cultural study of French and Hispanic cultures is made in three major areas in this guide designed to help integrate sociocultural subject matter into the foreign language instructional program. Human nature, social relations, man and nature, time, and space--as universal problems of cultural orientation--serve as the foundation for the author's structuring of the inventory of the sociocultural systems. First, "historical" culture is presented including value systems, underlying assumptions of fact, art forms, language, and paralanguage and kinesics. The unit on social structure involves the family, leisure-time activities, and a wide variety of material relating to everyday living. Finally, the section on ecology ranges from the physical and social environments to technology. An annotated bibliography of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and reports is provided. (RL)