Lesson plans prepared by Adult Basic Education teachers who attended one-day mini-workshops and the participants of a six-session course held at the University of Southern California are presented. The plans are in outline format. The content areas covered are: Consumer Education (Buying Foods, Bank Checking Accounts, Telephone and Directory, Comparison Shopping, Gas Mileage, Credit, Buying a Home, Grocery Codes, Consumer Fraud, Signing Contracts, Buying Credit), Health Practices (Home Safety, Common Diseases, Immunizations, Balanced Meals, Venereal Disease, Drug Abuse, Personal and Family Hygiene, Home Remedies), Home and Family Living (Telling Time, Budgeting); and Practical Government (Ballot Propositions, Workmen's Compensation, Voting, Training for Post Office Test, Housing Problems, Governmental Agencies, Community Resources). (DB)