Curriculum guides for four social studies instruction modules at the secondary level are included in this document. The general format for each twelve week course includes a diagram of concept relationships, prefatory remarks, and an outline of concepts coordinated with activities and instructional resources. The first module, Geographic Patterns, deals with the man/environment relationship on the supposition that the way society perceives its habitat determines its uses and patterns of distribution and change. The second module studies the discipline of anthropology and the topics human origins, small non western societies, and societies in transition. The third module, Comparative Religions, deals with the "need" for religion and the religious dimension and how it is expressed. The fourth module, Introduction to American Studies, is the required introduction to a series of American Studies courses and as such provides the skill, process, and content framework for all the courses. Content is organized around a mastery of inquiry and critical thinking skills, which are applied to twentieth century America within the context of domestic experience, foreign experience, and the future, interpreted through today's experiences. (JH)