This teaching guide contains guidelines for conducting a secondary-level general business course. Intended to serve as an introduction to business and consumer fundamentals, the course provides socioeconomic background useful to students seeking vocational preparation for office and clerical occupations. The goals and objectives of the course are outlined. Provided next are lesson goals and objectives, teachers' notes and suggested activities, and lists of suggested materials for use in teaching the following topics: the business system; the production function of business; the marketing function; the accounting function; the personnel function; business communications; money and banking; consuming; the role of credit; insurance; contract law; the growth and role of organized labor; and government, business, and consumers. Guidelines are set forth for correlating course content with support materials. Also included are a brief bibliography and a series of transparency masters. (MN)