In February, 1971, the Milwaukee Public Schools approved the establishment of "Urban Studies" as a one year elective social studies course. A program Improvement Proposal (PIP) was then formulated to solve implementation problems for this program, stressing use of the city as a learning laboratory. Objectives of the proposal were that teachers in schools involved in the project would: 1) initiate a course in urban studies in the fall; 2) develop an urban studies course outline; 3) and 4) use at least 75% of both the kit and innovative teaching/learning strategies from the High School Geography Project entitled "Geography of Cities"; 5) incorporate community and government resource people into their courses. The state also approved a special Title II Project which provided for acquisition of HSGP materials. A ten day inservice teacher workshop held in August, 1971, offered featured speakers; work with HSGP and other materials; participation in an all day, city field experience; and planning of course outlines and lesson plans. Preliminary feedback from project teachers suggests that the workshop was successful, particularly in the development of useful materials and the use of a laboratory approach to teaching/learning, and what was learned in the workshop was highly transferable into the classroom. (SJM)