Designed as a supplement to an existing technical trade or industrial course, this curriculum is a guide for instructors to teach small business management in vocational education classes. It is planned around approximately 30 hours of instruction. Each of the eight instructional units includes the following parts: objectives, transition of units (relationship of this unit to the previous one and the following one), the lesson (attention focuser, key questions, suggested teaching strategies, and information in outline form), a summary, individual self-study suggestions, a list of necessary resources, references, and an appendix that contains handouts, worksheets, transparencies, a lesson plan format, an instructor evaluation form, and/or an evaluation instrument for students. Unit topics are: (1) the importance of studying small business management; (2) types of businesses--sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations; (3) the major elements of management; (4) business records and recordkeeping; (5) financial statements--the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement; (6) cash flow/cash management; (7) loan proposals and financing; and (8) human relations in business. (YLB)