A social studies course for a tenth grade career program is outlined in this curriculum and teaching guide. A calendar plots the time sequence for the nine units which cover prehistory to the present. The format of each unit is in three sections. The interrelated concepts, behavior goals, and teaching methods and learning activities are presented, followed by suggestions for media to be used (texts, lectures, slides, tapes, transparencies, and filmstrips), ending with student evaluation procedures. The chronological units outlined with their subtopics include: Before Recorded Time; Civilizations Emerge Along River Valleys; The Classical World Provides Models for the West; The Fusion of Germanic and Classical Cultures; An Age of Transition; The Rise of Modern Ideology; Economic Organizations Reflects Change; Western Civilization Becomes World History; and the Challenges of Western Ascendency. A film list coordinates each subunit to a date for a film showing. Outlines of the units themselves occupy the major portion of the guide. (KSM)