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

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Social sciences taught us about people and our heritage Social studies teachers taught us about the world we live in. The history and government of our country and others were topics of discussion in the variety of courses offered. A choice for freshman entering in August was whether to take civics during their first year or to meet the state requirement by taking a class in government during their senior year. Juniors could meet the requirement of one year of American history by taking the regular survey course or four of the mini-courses set up by the department under the leadership of Mr. Robert Hanson. Bill Trapp used the reference room in the library to write a report for his history class. SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES Government Physiography Civil War U.S. History America’s West Colonial Life Men at War Famous Americans Frigates, Fords, Phantoms American Problems Popular American Image America in World Crises Nuclear Age Psychology Minorities World Geography 20’s — 30’s Social Studies Civics State and Local History Social Problems Gilded Age Brian Allsup gave an oral presentation about the life of Robert Todd Lincoln for his “Gilded Age” mini-course. Mrs. Elizabeth Reichert gave some friendly advice to her civics class. 24 Social Studies

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Lisa Houba improved her skills at the typewriter during her second year of typing. Lori Robinson worked as a secretary in Principal Jerry Turner’s office as part of her Office Occupations work-study program. Pat Herman entered her Cobol program into an Apple II Microsoft Computer with Cobol. This was the first year that Cobol computer programming was introduced to students. BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES Accounting Distributive Education Shorthand D.E. Work Co-op Typing Consumer’s Education Business English General Business Intro, to Bus. Management Intro. To Data Processing Business Law Computer Programing Cobol Business Math Business Communications Personal Typing Office Procedures Marketing Distributing Office Occupations Office Occupations Work Co-op Business Education 23

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A representative from the Fort de Chartres historical Tung Li, a teacher in the American Field Service program from landmark spoke to history cl asses who were studying Peking, China, spoke to Mrs. Gussie Tonne’s classes about America’s West, colonial life, and state and local history. schools in China. Topics discussed included firearms and French colonial dress. Mike Baltz, Scott Gaskill, Theresa Lauf, and Diana Davies took part in a mock trial in their psychology class. Social Studies 25