Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ociaf .gziched HE SOCIAL Studles program of the Academx conslsts of one xear courses 1n Amerlcan Hlstory World H1StOFX and Geography and one semester courses ln Jexush HlSt0F5 Amer1can Government and Econ om1c Problems The Amerlcan Hlstory course cox ers the dex elopment of the Unlted States from the tlme the contlnent was dlscovered to the present day The course stresses the causes and the effects of our countrys great hlstorlcal ex ents The study of the development of the world as a whole IS taken up by the World Hlstorv classes The subject covers the perlod from the anclent c1v1l1zat1ons to the present and glx es a background for the understandlng of lnternatlonal affalrs of todav The Jewish H1story class QIVGS an 1ns1ght 1nto the problems the Jew1sh people face today Th1s course begms Wlth the hlstory of the Jews from the destructlon of the second Temple fthe earller hlstory IS jx cox ered ln the department of 'Q 'N Jewlsh Studlesl and contlnues K my to modern tlmes lncludmg a studv of the settlement 1n 'YQ Amerlca and also IH Israel Amerrcan Government analy Fjfx ,- I zes the pOl1t1Cal development ,X J Q the functlon and operatxon of ,R .N 'N ff J X RCN the Unlted States Govern ment Econom1cs coxers the .ff pr1nc1ples of economlcs and f ' X the problems arlsxng 1n our economlc svstem Together NX gf hlstorx government econom 1cs tell the student how and -1- xx hx th1S country came 1nto I :nf 1 I , Je g how t1S goxerned and -iw aff X what 1ts prospects are for the ....... .yt it-v lL1lLllC nu r H-'S' -A -Gif'-0--gangs' :mln H' . I 40 . . . U . Ry K . V. . V, . Y - . G . . Q Y y Y' , ' ' 1 . V Y ' '46 xl 'A-1' ' l 7 ill' I ' ' I . . . , .lb ' - ' 1 I ,' 'xk- . . . , Xl I' -,I g lffglr 'ml 1 ' ' 1- 1. , T -ll A' ' 4' nr H I-TTTTD. . . ' ' ' ',.Q'.-Q--zw n ' iw f c 447'-14 T . . . .--f -4 , - - ' . D l : T. ' x . . . fgfxt la' Y lil.lAa::l4-Lima-al. ' xl .X -J? I gf , .r l -Q . ' Y' V .Q I wx' ' Q gl l MXN ' V I gg.l.lu1.1-'LILLQI . . ' 7 V u vi Y . V 1 -'L-. '- 4 A, V ' - , -- --'Z - . x N L. ...:i7:r' ' Q--15 - f5'3',.f3r.ff- 1, f-- V Af: I V .1 we ' all 1 ' l u nt

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THE HEBREVN COLRSES at the Academx are designed to teach the language IH all of lts phases I th1 pleture the class happens to be stuclxlnff a lesson ln 'I PM F11 D an 1mpo1tant element 1n Hebrevx gldlll lla! The lequlred eurrlculum n the x xlou Hebrew classes ln elu e L1lO the studx of classlca and mo lern Hebrew Llterature ln YIULIIUH IH the oral and VLFIIIBD applle mon ol the language and the leadlng, of llebrexx newspapers and pellodleal Extensne Ilddlllg out Ol llebxux llbrarx books cneoul age ci I' l FOR THE eighth emester the Engllsh department has 1nst1tuted a plan whlch enables the students to FECBIVQ an oxerall VIEW of the worlds great novels unobtamable 1n am othex h1gh school Durmg thls semester each student IS as slgned a mlmmum of one of these elasslcs on vxhxch he reports to the elass The students thereby get acqualnted wlth the plots and back grounds of over thxrtx of the great est novels of all tlrne In the plcture a student lb xepoxtmg on Conrads The NlggEI of the Narcissus Among othex books reported on thls semester xxele Lrlme and Pumsh ment Wal and Peace Of Human Bondage md If 'Vllserables l l 1 , v , , , . . n . .' r Af- A ' Qi' I 1, A U 4, 1 , ' .. , , A ' . ., , .. t ' . ' I 4 , Y . , 1 . 1 . 1 . I ' ,wr s - V l . , , -,V ' 1 ' - 4 '.1 V I g ' ' X 1. . .,, ' , I ., . , V- ' - .-' '.- A' . v. Aw ' Q ul Lass. ' , -.' . r ' h r.. . . 5 - V I J' , v . Y - Y ' . 1 1 ' , , , . .. . . . , qi? v l - . ' ' ' ' m ' V . '. . ,' v. 1 .. - , . .Z , 1 R s- - -s '- V - .., ..-- - - ' -K'., ,,. .l ' . .. i U l .1 ,, 1 '.1 Nh. ,' ,, . l ,Y nl X T --U -... Q9

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THE PICTURE shmvts a student pointing out a placc on the map relative to the subject at hand. Slidcs and motion pictures arc also us d as illustrative. aids in his Amcrican History class, In content and scope. thc story of the United States is taken up from the begin- ning of our country to the prcscnt stage of its world leadership. IN THE econon c class the basic hcol es of economic and their ap pl cation to dailx life arc discussed X tour of the Chicago Board f T1 de lXBs arranged for the class o upplenent .1 thoiough studs of hc nor ngs of capital stock cor poi fois and tockexchanges Ilanx discussion of present day conomc problems are conducted I thc tulents thiough the use of iiund tablc discussions and panel icxicvts In thc pictuxc a panel is cismg thc Nlcxxsmap of the Week is a bdgl lor thcir discussion thc Sccretarw i thc Treasurws P xxlx piopocd tax pan