This guide, which is intended to help middle-level home economics teachers satisfy the Iowa Vocational Education Standards and Requirements, consists of descriptions of 51 successful learning activities developed by Iowa teachers for helping middle school students master 17 minimum competencies in the following major content areas: personal and family health and nutrition, personal (including career) and family development, consumer resource management, and personal and shared space. Each learning activity description contains the following: title, goal, objectives, rationale, learning experience(s), assessment methods, recommended resources, and name of teacher who developed the activity. Included throughout the activity descriptions are ideas for increasing interdisciplinary teaching to facilitate student transfer and integration of knowledge into all parts of life and suggestions for incorporating community resources, parental involvement, Future Homemakers of America and Home Economics Related Occupations activities, and Iowa-mandated human growth and development content into the family and consumer education curricula. (MN)