This curriculum guide includes teaching packets for 21 problem areas to be included in a core curriculum for 10th-grade students enrolled in a rural agricultural program. Covered in the four units included in this volume are orientation to agricultural occupations (orientation to vocational agricultural course and developing effective study habits); leadership and citizenship (participation in activities of the Future Farmers of America); supervised occupational experience (summarizing and analyzing records and estimating income and expenses for crop and livestock projects); and livestock science (advanced feeding and caring for livestock, providing housing and equipment for livestock, and judging meat and livestock products). Each problem-area packet includes some or all of the following components: suggestions to the teacher, teacher's guide, information sheet, student worksheets or assignment sheets and key, demonstrations, job sheets, transparencies, discussion guide for transparencies, and sample test questions and teacher's key. (MN)