This curriculum guide has been developed to assist vocational and special education teachers in teaching handicapped and disadvantaged students in a beginning vocational agriculture course. The guide contains suggestions and experiences that are necessary to support the achievement of specific competencies. The guide is divided into units of instruction containing major and minor blocks. It is sequenced secondarily to skills or jobs that progressively build upon one another. Activities and experiences for both regular and special needs learners are provided. All of the units of instruction are intended to enable students to develop skills for employment in agriculture. The guide contains eight units. Each of the units is divided into several lessons, each containing preferred and minimum student expectations, classroom activities, and a glossary. Some of the topics covered include the following: how to use a modified curriculum, breeds of farm animals, soil and water use and protection, crop production, agricultural mechanics, use of tools, supervised farm experience programs, and Future Farmers of America. (KC)