This teacher's guide to cultural instruction in a level-1 German course is designed to be used with the text "Deutsch, Erstes Buch, Erster Teil." Instructional observations pertain to the first eight lessons of the text and comprise the major portion of this text including: (1) die Post, (2) Munchen, (3) Sport in Deutschland, (4) die deutschen Laden, (5) das Auto, (6) die Bucherei, (7) die Eisenbahn, and (8) Reisen und Essen in Deutschland. Comments on decoration of the German classroom and the pre-reading phase are offered. A listing of German first names for boys and girls and common German sayings conclude the work. (RL)