This booklet contains resources and suggestions to help secondary social studies teachers use popular music in the classroom. The ideas presented in popular songs should be examined in social studies classes because of the impact that contemporary songwriters have had on the shaping of American culture. The attitudes and values portrayed in modern tunes demand the reflective consideration of students because they strike at the heart of the major social and political issues of our time. The first few pages of the booklet discuss what popular music is and why it should be used in social studies classes. A listing of journal articles which offer stimulating and specific classroom strategies for introducing popular songs as social studies learning resources is provided. The remainder of the booklet outlines nine instructional units. Each unit is thematically organized and includes a specific question for reflective consideration, a set of concepts, suggestions for activities, and lists of popular music recordings and textbook readings which illustrate the theme. The themes are Black life in America; religious images; problems of youth; historical images; personal problems, women's liberation; technological change; social commentary; and future concerns. Activities vary. For example, students investigate a female singer's personal background, the history of her recording success, and the social and political themes of her songs. In another activity students develop lyrical biographies of socially alientated, politically powerless individuals. The booklet concludes with a selected discography. (Author/RM)