The teacher's manual for a secondary Course I, Unit III, guides the class in common experiences of the community politics game and additional classroom activities that emphasize variables in political processes. Objectives are for students to gain an understanding of basic community political processes by analyzing selected issues. Values, decisions, issues, authority, influence, political resources, leader, and political activity are concepts contained in the topics sections which will be drawn from experiences provided in this unit. The second half of the guide provides a student manual. A closely related document is SO 002 171. Other related documents are ED 048 062, and SO 003 169 through SO 003 175. (Author/SJM)