This document is a report on the first phase of an interdisciplinary K-12 curriculum development for Utica, New York schools. Project SEARCH is a unified approach to a humanistic curriculum which focuses on man and his relation to others and the world. The curriculum model contains 10 parts which relate man to his self-image, family, community, physical environment, work, play, art, conflicts, aspirations and fears, and gods. The report contains eight sections. Part one briefly describes the project. Part two outlines the curriculum model. Part three, the major section, lists the various components of the curriculum. Part four theoretically describes how the concepts in the curriculum flow from grade to grade. Part five describes several aids used in the curriculum development process. Part six describes the procedures for developing the study units in each component. Part seven describes the study units developed for the component dealing with man and the physical environment. Finally, part eight is a series of recommendations for implementing the curriculum. (DE)