This curriculum guide contains operational guidelines to help local administrators, teacher educators, and industrial arts teachers in the State of Louisiana determine the extent to which their technical drafting courses are meeting the needs of the youth they serve. It consists of a discussion of course prerequisites, goals, content, and implementation as well as 14 units devoted to various subject areas addressed in technical drafting courses. Covered in the individual units are rules and regulations, sketching, drafting room safety, lettering techniques, care and use of equipment, geometric construction, orthographic projection, dimensioning/size description, pictorial drawings, sectional drawings, auxiliary drawings, thread representations, and working drawings. Each unit contains objectives, time allotments, suggested topics, student activities, teacher activities, and resources. Among those items appended to the guide are information sheets, explanations of various drafting procedures, a course evaluation sheet, suggested projects, a sample lesson plan, sample tests, suggested student expectations, a list of tools and equipment, and resources.(MN)