This manual is addressed to providing high school students with daily living skills they will need in modern urban settings. Individual lesson plans for teachers are accompanied by simply worded instructional materials. Students are presented with problem solving exercises in such areas as: (1) self awareness; (2) communication; (3) money, income, and work; (4) consumerism; and (5) making use of transportation and other resources, particularly in New York City. (Author/GC)