This report from the Committee on Civic Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the origin, activities, and future plans of the committee, whose major aim is the acquisition of intellectual skills rather than large amounts of factual knowledge or the development of "democratic attitudes" in the study of civics. The curriculum development program for the elementary grades has produced units on various aspects of the Bill of Rights and on political conflict and its management. Research and evaluation efforts have taken place in conjunction with the program and with respect to other smaller progects. The major emphasis at present is on the theoretical aspects of political socialization using data from the unit on conflict. Future plans for curriculum development include the organization of a consortium, continuing development of a comprehensive K-8 curriculum in social studies, and continuing basic research on political socialization. Appendixes to the report include lists of members of the committee and cooperating school districts and excerpts from the report on the committee's "Bill of Rights" project. (JH)