This issue of the Curriculum Report looks into new social studies programs developed by ten different schools across the country. Analysis of these programs is facilitated by discussing and categorizing the changes in social studies as those concerned primarily with content and those associated with strategies of instruction. Four major content changes include the trend away from expository history and toward the behavioral sciences, attention to the analysis of individual values, systematic and realistic study of public issues, and closer concern with local needs, resources, and problems. New instructional strategies emphasize experiential learning, the use of role-playing activities, group discussions, student selection of courses and assignments, and other inquiry oriented activities. Representing these trends, the active school programs are described in terms of content, form, and implementation with names and addresses for further contact with the programs for interested readers. An annotated list of supplementary reading provides more exposure to the new social studies and social studies programs. (JH)