This curriculum guide for general shop courses is part of a series of curriculum guides for use in the industrial arts curriculum in Connecticut. The guide provides information on the scope and sequence of the industrial arts curriculum, specific guidelines for industrial arts, program goals and objectives, and guidelines concerning special education students and Public Law 94-142. Following a section on general safety rules for shop courses, unit outlines are provided for these areas: drafting, electricity, energy/power, graphic arts, leather, metal, plastics, safety, and woodworking. Each outline contains an introduction to the subject, objectives, history, introduction to the course, information to be taught, safety concepts, career possibilities, references, and project ideas. (The curriculum guide provides material for both secondary and adult vocational education courses in general shop.) (KC)