Intended to supplement the fifth grade textbook "Young Consumers" (part of the "Law in Action Series" by West Publishing Company, 1980), this guide contains 22 lessons each of which includes a classroom visit from a community resource person. The guide is a product of the Urban Consumer Education Project, a cooperative program between the St. Louis Public Schools and the Missouri Attorney General's office. The lessons were developed and field tested by the 40 fifth-grade teachers and 40 community resource persons who participated in the project. Community persons give presentations on a variety of topics including advertising, how to save money riding the bus, crime, ways to conserve energy, consumer problems, contracts, filing a complaint, insurance, utilities, police department, using the telephone wisely, fraud, toy safety, and reading food labels. Each lesson includes the following information: consumer objectives; skill objectives; a listing of related lessons from the text "Young Consumers"; a listing of presentation materials needed by the teacher and resource person; vocabulary words to know; pre-visit activities for the teacher to do with the students; an outline of the resource person's classroom presentation; and follow-up activities that the teachers can use to reinforce the lesson's consumer and basic skills objectives. Also included in the guide is a supplement containing materials such as worksheets and discussion aids which can be used with each lesson and a description of additional community resources in the St. Louis area. (RM)