Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Monte Lechein and Brian Reading go through the Air Force exhibit. The exhibit tried to interest students in the Air Force. K g? -. ' ' . Social Studies Wilma Hartzell — Dept. Chair., Economics, Government, Psy- chology. Eldon Leeth — Sociology, Gov- ernment. Brad Manner — U.S. History. Richard Clark — Civics, U.S. His- tory. Lee Broyles — U.S. History, World Geography. Joseph Costello — Government, U.S. History. Gretchen Place — Civics, U.S. History. John Leech — Latin I, II, III, World History. Kelly Armfield, tired of studying, catches up on world events during his U.S. History class. Class discussions often arose over newspaper articles. John Roush looks on with curiosity to see just what Mr. Broyles is pointing to. John was in Mr. Broyles ' sixth hour U.S. History class. 119

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Preparing for hardships Social Studies is like one big field trip. A visit to the past can take you back to view the trials of the first settlers in the United States or to events leading to the Viet Nam War. Social Studies helps us to under- stand how our laws and government work. It teaches us about the hard- ships our ancesters lived through to help us lead free and independent lives. Civics, a required freshman course, helps make the students bet- ter citizens. Civics, which means citizenship, helps to prepare the freshman for their future social studies classes. U.S. History is a required junior course. In this class the juniors learn all about how the U.S. became unit- ed. Understanding of the Boston Tea Party was gained by acting out the battle with paper wads in Mr. Man- ner ' s class. An explanation of each section of the constitution helps us to understand the backbone of our country. Government, a required senior course, helps us to better under- stand our system of government. Government teaches us how to do the dreaded income taxes. The stu- dents participated in mock trials, senate, and elections. Social studies classes are one step towards understanding the chal- lenges to come as we work ' in a field of our own. ' Phil Funkhouser, Carisa Chipman, Jeff Burkdull, Laura Horton, Loraine Van Camp take time out from their studying in Civics to relax for awhile. Scott Twibell can easily picture a battle scene of the Civil War, as he reads about the events in his U.S. History class. U.S. History is a class for juniors. 118 Social Studies

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' An Education for Life ' Home Economics is not just cook- ing and sewing anymore, although that remains a big part of the depart- ment. Child Care, Adult Living, Con- sumer Management, Family Health, and Interior Decorating are also a part of the curriculum. At open house each year the Home Ec. Department displays the things they do in different classes. Interior Decorating class makes crafts to exhibit. The students in Brewin ' Singles demonstrates their cooking techniques. The Adult Living classes took a field trip to Muncie to see the movie Kramer vs. Kramer. This was to give students a chance to study a situation where a divorced father raises a young child. The Home Ec. Department tries to prepare students for life after high school We haven ' t changed our program much the last two years be- cause we wanted to improve what we are doing. We feel we have an excellent program and are looking forward to a few changes next year, explained Mrs. Pat Bowdell, Department Chairperson. Audrey Justus prepares a salad to be served by Advanced Food classes. The salad bar pro- ject gives experience in quantity food prepar- ing. Mrs. Sally Onweller makes-up Christ! Buck- master and Tina Bole gets her hair done by Randy Kunkle in Home Ec. I. Leisa Clancy and Ed Townsend prepare to heat up coffeecake in a microwave oven in Brewin ' Singles, a cooking class for seniors. 120 Home Ec.