The tentative guide in communications for the middle school student is part of a series of industrial arts curriculum materials developed by the State of Louisiana. With the objective of providing career education through industrial arts, the course is designed to help youth understand the basic concepts of the communications career cluster; including, drafting, electricity, graphic arts, and photography. Through laboratory and classroom experiences, students are helped to discover their technical abilities and interests, so that they may explore and make tentative career decisions. The outline format includes performance objectives with suggested activities and resources for the major topics and subtopics. Each resource is coded to match the bibliography of educational resources that follows each major section. (NJ)