This curriculum guide is for use by college instructors concerned with expanding traditional woodworking programs. It was developed in a National Defense Education Act summer institute and is based on an outline provided by members of a previous institute. The content concerns wood substitutes which are made to resemble wood and are often used with wood but contain no wood or wood products. Units are (1) The Manufacture of High Pressure Plastic Laminate, (2) Vinylwood Veneers, (3) Vinyl Wrapped Wood Substitutes, (4) Wood Grain Reproduction on Wood and Other Materials, and (5) High Pressure Molded Products. Each unit contains information relative to the development, use, and production of the wood substitutes and a reference bibliography. (EM)