Acting on the belief that existing courses in civics and government lack success because they are largely redundant and fail to capitalize on recent research in political science, the High School Curriculum Center in Government developed a two-semester program entitled "American Political Behavior" (APB). The final report of the curriculum project focuses on what the project accomplished, how the accomplishments were achieved, and why the staff chose the path of development it followed. Included are a topical history of the project, the development and decision-making process leading to the product (APB), a description of the evaluation of APB, and a conclusion and recommendations. APB was found to be a successful alternative to 9th-grade civics and 12th-grade American government courses by featuring a social science approach to politics based on concepts such as political socialization, role, and decision making to derive greater meaning from political phenomena. (Author/KSM)