For use by adult basic education teachers, this curriculum guide is intended as a frame of reference for building a total instructional program designed around a competency-based and skill-based curriculum. The 104 sample activities are categorized under subheadings of the following topics: Occupational Knowledge, Health, Government and Law, Consumer Economics, and Community Resources. Format for each activity includes introduction, directions, and the performance section containing information sheets, exercises, problems to solve, etc., with answer keys when applicable. Activities provide general information and offer the student the opportunity to apply reading, writing, computation, and/or problem solving skills. A program sheet is included on which relevant activities are suggested for each item in the Adult Performance Level (APL) Survey so that the test may be used for diagnostic and prescriptive purposes if desired. (JT)