Newly revised to include new data and information on the Internet, this guide for GED instructors offers lesson plans and helps teachers develop as professionals. It also gives adult learners an opportunity to practice writing, use graphs, read charts, and analyze research findings on the economic impact of the GED. The original version of this guide was developed in 1999 and 2000 by Sara Fass and Barbara Garner. In 2005, a GED teacher, Eileen Barry, was asked to update the materials. Rather than changing the existing charts and graphs, she had her learners use the Internet to find more recent data, and compare it with the data in the materials. In doing so, she introduced Web research to the skills learners practice as they work through these materials. It is hoped that by using these materials, learners are better prepared to make wise decisions about their work lives as well as being better prepared to pass the GED. It is also hoped that adult basic education teachers will use these materials as the basis for professional development for themselves so as to better advise learners on career and education decisions. Following an introduction, this guide contains three units. Unit 1, The Labor Market, contains Lesson 1: What Kinds of Jobs Are Out There?; Lesson 2: What's Happening to the Jobs that Do Exist?; and Lesson 3: Wages. Unit 2, Pursuing Higher Education, contains: Lesson 1: Education and Earnings; and Lesson 2: Going to College. Unit 3, What the Research Tells Us, contains: Lesson 1: Policy and the GED; Lesson 2: The Research; and Lesson 3: Other Factors Affecting Wages.