Intended for use by teachers at the high school level, this curriculum guide, which is one in a series of guides for consumer and homemaking education in Kentucky, outlines a semester special interest course in the area of personal and family development. As the concluding course of a curriculum on this subject which commences on the junior high level in a separate guide (CE 017 459), it covers in depth the family, its structure, and its relationship with society. The concepts included are as follow: (1) adult roles in family and society; (2) adult relationships in the family and community, focusing on marriage and family crises situations such as death and divorce; (3) the family as a basic social unit; (4) the relationship of the family life cycle to the individual and society, and the developmental tasks of each phase of the cycle; and (5) the dual role of homemaker-wage earner. Behavioral objectives are stated in terms of student competencies, and the specific teaching strategies are accompanied by references to outside resources and supporting generalizations. A list of resources is gathered together at the end, including books, periodicals, pamphlets, and filmstrips. (ELG)