Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Enjoyment of Macbeth is obvious for Dave Fry and Beth Andrews. Communications Utilizes Innovative Approach Innovation seems to be the key for the Communications department for 1968-1969. This year. Project English or Accelerated Project English is encouraged for all who are college bound. In Accelerated Project English, the students study works of more authors and delve even more deeply into the works they study. Nebraska Curriculum materials are used in both of these classes. Practical English is a course devised primarily for those who are vocationally oriented. This year, through government grants, the English Resource Center is enlarged by the addition of many books, records, tapes, and filmstrips. The Communications Department was enriched by a grant of $5,000 to buy books and $1,500 to buy visual aids. The innovative approach is also evident this year in the speech, journalism and foreign language sections. Speech II team teaching stresses individualized forensics. Conversational Spanish and German is presented with the student’s individual need constantly in the foreground. 27 It’s a mad maze of exams for Karen Albright.

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An everyday scene in the social science resource center. Social Science Students Acquire Understanding Knowledge and understanding of national and world affairs are becoming more and more essential as international problems become increasingly intense. Aiding students in this area, teachers seek to relate world happenings to the history of the past. Modular scheduling permits the student to participate more completely. Variety in approach is afforded through team teaching and grouping according to interests. An intense study of past presidential elections was conducted by one group. Similar groups concentrated their study on other aspects. An expanded resource center furnishes more interesting materials for student research. Background material ranging from geography and history to economics and sociology provides the desired information about important world affairs for seeking minds of young high school citizens. Campaign posters often elect the President Wilcox. agree Jim Lorenzini and Patti AMERICAN ELECTION POST .3 p c 26

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Geometric models capture the interest of Toni Henkel, Craig Dietrich and Jean Powell. “Math Lab” Provides Additional Services Consumer’s math, a new course offered this year to juniors and seniors in the math field, is a terminal course for the vocationally oriented. The course deals basically with math used in business and everyday life. Although the math lab itself is not new, the equipment is. This year many new books and visual aids were added along with a series of games. The games do not provide a magic formula for learning a difficult subject, but they do provide stimulation in subjects for which a student might have little interest, or even a block, that makes him think he lacks aptitude. The lab is run by instructors again this year. In this way a teacher is readily available to the student who needs individual help. Instruction is enjoyable for Denny Perkins and Mr. Hawk. 28