Central Catholic High School - Monitor Yearbook (Monroe, MI)

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Social Studies - A Guide T0 New Adventures This year the Catholic Central social stud- ies department, with no less than seven diff- erent courses offered, continued to present informative studies of the world and the people around us. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Richard Dalton, the junior U. S. history classes com- bined both textbook work and special creative projects to make for an enjoyable learning process along with senior anthrofpsych stu- dents. Mr. Edwin Maloney handled the senior government and constitutional history class- es. Along With deep discussion-filled class hours, Mr. Maloney provided documentary movies on how the government works and al- so several informative and entertaining full length films. Mrs. Agatha Laboe provided students of all ages the opportunity to study how people in foreign lands live in her world cultures and world history classes, where she filtered her expe rienc e s as a world traveler into the course. LI in-' ,,,,..'i Y -. A 'img ,xx 4 4 N ...V f A 1 ,no Top: Freshman Andrew Albano tries to locate the position of tiny Latvia on the world map while classmate John Venier tries to locate the position of the camerman. Above: Mr. Dalton sips his Sanka and allows psych students to find their own way with a mystifying Mattel busy-bee toy. 98-HISTORY-SOCIAL STUDIES

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English, Language - Exploration Into Cultures The English department of Catholic Cen- tral strove to increase the student's ability to understand, appreciate and use both English Literature and the language itself. Freshmen English students s tudi ed the basics of grammar and c 0 m p o sitio n. The sophomore course was the s tudy of Ameri- can Literature from its beginning to the pre- sent. Third year students studied the devel- opement of literature and culture in England. Seniors were offered a choice between film- study and journalism. The English staff included: Mr. Esper, Br. Ronald, Mr. Lauwers, Br. Alberto, Mr. Murzyn, and Fr. Prentice. The language department offered three courses in Spanish. Br. Phillip's unique ap- proach to teaching allowed each student to develope at his own rate. Also, tapes, rec- ords andfilmstrips were used by the instruc- tor to enable the students to advance their knowledge of Spanish cultures as well as the language. ft ffifiiifi-if F1 . Q 'Wu 4 , , , I .7 , v. . q., ,. 'Q f law? Above: Junior jerry jackson and Seniors Pat Millican, Dave Kelley and Carlos Montenegro sit back, put their feet up and enjoy a good book with Brother Phillip Alessandro during Spanish class. Top: Brother Phillip explains a new verb to Thomas McCormick in Spanish I. ENGLISH-LANGUA GE 97

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', ,A 1-..,f.nr 'J- Above: Completing an assignment for world cultures, senior Steve Kaiser constructs a ma of Africa Ri ht- juniors Mike P - S - Nelligan and Andy Vandecaveye work on history projects breaking away from the boredom of everyday classwork. ,Z-H 5 B ,. ' Xl 1, x,s3QI'l-KKQUNJPC' ar- g1U n,5 ...flex ' Ag IS. K1 :STC- K 'lc l Above: Senior Tom Brennan employs the overhead as a means of tal-:ing government notes. Left: During the anthropology trip to the archaelogical museum, Brian Case examines a showcase of artifacts found in Michigan. HISTORY-SOCIAL STUDIES- 99