This manual was developed to help adult education teachers teach their students about computers as part of other courses in English, mathematics, social studies, or in a computer literacy course. Much of the manual has been written so that instruction can be given with or without the use of a computer. Although the manual is designed for use by the teacher, many of the activities and much of the information presented in it can be used directly by students. The manual contains nine sections. The first eight sections cover the following topics: history and development of computers; use of computers now and in the future; computer use and problems in society; computer-related careers; what a computer is; communicating instructions to a computer; how to use a computer; and computer words. Each of these sections contains information, vocabulary, student activities, and questions to answer. Materials are illustrated with line drawings. Many of the activities have specified reading levels (grades 1 through 8 or grades 9 through 12), and some have suggestions for types of subject matter in which the activities could be included. The final section contains two pretests and two posttests, one set for grade 8 and one set for grade 10 reading level. (KC)