Belleville Township West High School - Bellevinois Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Role playing provides an insight into democracy “But Billy, you have to vote for mv civil rights bill. ou promised! You would have probably heard similar pleas, assorted lamentations, and even some heated de¬ bates had you passed by a class in government this year. I hrough a role-playing game called “Democracy,” social studies students became legislators with constituents that they must satisfy in order to lx re-elected. The “Democ¬ racy Game contained eight games, giving students a chance to lind out for themselves if politics is really , “dirty. Sociology and American Problems classes used a Parent-Child Game to simulate the difficulties and problems involved in this relationship. Geography students see the world as the Apollo astronauts saw It. Mr. Fredrickson points out to his American History class some important facts for their upcoming exam.

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Students of French find that the language lob is on entertaining place to study. Gestures ore very important in the delivery of Linda Berkel s speech. Unilerstanding leads to inner peace In speech and dramatics classes, students learn to ex¬ press their own ideas and to communicate with others. Speech class offers a diversity of opportunities to do this. Students are exposed to the pressures of impromptu speeches, the quick-witted tactics of debate, and the long tedious hours of planning and rehearsing orations and demonstration speeches. One quickly becomes aware of clammy palms, the momentary paralysis of the mem¬ ory, and other terrors ol the podium. Every student strives to overcome these general fears. Once this is ac¬ complished, the speaker can then concentrate on his suc¬ cessful delivery to get his point across. Many students take the art of speaking for granted and do not fully real¬ ize the importance of effective communication. 27

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DAR Citizenship Award winners John Baltz ond Pom Gregory hove ex¬ hibited their school citizenship in many ways. John was president of the Student Council this year and Pam was workshop secretory of the Kas- kaskia District of Student Councils. I Ik freshmen civics classes held a three day drug seminar in an attempt to enlighten students about the possible dangers ol drugs. A criminologist and a psychia¬ trist spoke on the lirst and second days, respectively. As a climax two narcotics agents gave their testimonies on the dangers ol drugs and displayed samples ol various drugs. Americon Studies students find librory research a little eosier with the help of Mr. Dale Fertig, Instructional Materials Center oisis ' onf, and the microfilm machine. In the Democrocy Gome Bill Lelly learned that filibustering is o good delaying toctK, but John Murphy hos found O woy to stop him.