This guide accompanies a 30-minute color video of the same name. Chapters include: (1) "History of the United States" including information on the League of Nations, the birth of the United Nations, and the home of the United Nations; (2) "Structure of the Organization" which discusses each of the sections--General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and Secretariat; (3) "The United Nations at Work" includes information on volunteers, the U.N. Children's Fund, the Development Programme; (4) "Who Pays" describes the dues structure; (5) "The Turning Point" discusses the end of the Cold War, and the United Nations during the Vietnam Era; and (6) "The United Nations: An Organization in Transition" describes the design for the 1990s, and projects the future for the United Nations. Appendices and classroom exercises accompany the text. (EH)