This curriculum guide, consisting of materials for use in providing an industrial arts instructional program, focuses on competencies related to life coping skills, technology, free enterprise, and career opportunities through industrial arts. Addressed in the course are the following topics: career planning and development; decision making; communication; drafting, graphic arts, and electronics; principles of economics, business, and free enterprise; manufacturing a product through occupational role playing in a simulated corporation; exploring construction types, plans, occupational roles, and responsibilities; and principles, applications, and careers associated with power, transportation, and energy. The guide includes an introduction and statement of purpose, a description of the industrial arts program, a list of student options, an outline of the general curriculum structure, course objectives, a course outline and time allocations, unit performance objectives and evaluation criteria, detailed unit plans, and a reference and resource list. (MN)