This curriculum guide provides the essential elements and activities for competency-based high school diploma programs. Adult Performance Level (APL) goals and objectives are listed and correlated to appropriate curriculum content areas. The next section indicates which topics/lessons are covered in each unit or part of a unit. Lists that identify topics covered within the APL areas appear next. The essential elements and activities are then outlined for these units or fraction of a unit: Correlated Language Arts I, II, III; Practical Writing Skills; Business Communications; Introductory Physical Science; Introductory Biology; Health Education; Physical Education I, II, III; Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits; United States Government; United States History; World History Studies; World Geography Studies; Fundamentals of Mathematics; Consumer Mathematics; and Pre-Algebra. A chart at the beginning of each unit correlates objectives and activities/lessons. The instruction sheet for each activity/lesson provides the following information: objective, resource, and sequence of activities. The guide concludes with information on electives. The essential elements of elective courses are provided for students to use in writing a report. (YLB)