These course materials, designed to be used with students in the 11th and 12th grades and for adult students, are intended to provide basic knowledge of family life and adult living. The one-semester home economics course focuses on basic marriage and family skills, life choices, parenthood, and family changes. The guide contains 4 sections and 10 units of instruction. Each unit includes some or all of eight basic components: performance objectives, suggested activities for the teacher, information sheets, assignment sheets, job sheets, transparency masters, tests, and answers to tests and assignment sheets. All of the unit components focus on measurable and observable learning outcomes. Units of instruction are designed for use in more than one lesson or class period. The following topics are covered in this course: basic marriage and family skills (including communications and personal decisions), life choices, parenthood (single parenting and parenting skills), and family changes (family life, crisis management, divorce, aging, and death and dying. (KC)