This curriculum guide contains operational guidelines to help local administrators, teacher educators, and industrial arts teachers in the State of Louisiana determine the extent to which their programs are meeting the needs of the youth they serve. It consists of a discussion of course prerequisites, goals, content, and implementation as well as 18 units devoted to various subject areas addressed in industrial arts programs. Covered in the individual units are American industry careers, general safety, technical sketching and drawing, layout and measurement, hand tools, industrial materials, basic combining processes, portable power tools, organizing and controlling work, stationary power tools, mass production concepts, materials processing, finishing, materials and equipment, planning and design, home maintenance, and energy orientation. Each unit contains a statement of purpose, goals, time allotments, student activities, teacher activities, and resources. Among those items provided in the guide's appendixes are lists of equipment, job sheets, information sheets, safety information, parts identification of tools, sample tests, a selected bibliography, and project ideas. (MN)