Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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MEMOIRS 11131127 U. S. HISTORY ln thus age when problems of rlslng prtces labor strikes and the fectmg all our llves It ts essentially Important that the youth should learn txe basis of our economlc sys em In th sc we of the co nom cs class a stud rt ns reportmg on the Stock Market prlces Among t1e actuvlt es planned for the class 1 a vnsut to the Chncago Board of Trade where the actual process of marketmg commodutues may be observed and studied The sub lects of producton prices labor aovernment control are taken up and a firm understandmg of Eco nomncs as gauned whnch wll be of great benefit to the cutlzens of tomorrow ECONOMICS What happened to the teacher? lt seems from tus picture that th stud 'tt have overthrown the monarch and are setttng Lp a de mocratuc system of schoolnng But such IS not the case The students seated at th desk are merely conducting a panel discussion an orderly tashuon and wth the help of maps and charts are expound Ing some of thelr wnsdom on the sublect ct American Hlstory A better understandmg of our nation 1 dernved from thus course be n... Thirty nme if : . . I Q 'ij te el 5 r I . . I - ' Q . I E ' 7 11 - y t h . . . ,, ,Ami , .S . . g , I K, A-5--,V W .. . I I A s.-,-.. value lless lot the dollar are af- U,M,,tm,,,-.W I A A t . fs e. . E - . f - , e . ' ' ' . I . . Q, , . . . . z , f .3 . . . I I i ' 1 , ' , , ' if I l . ' I a n n q . rx? I Q , V X ' . . gxx X

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MEIVIOIRS 7'2 SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT The SocIal StudIes program at the Academy consIsts of year courses In AmerIcan HIstory and World HIstory and semester courses In JewIsh HIstory Amer Ican Government and EconomIcs In the JunIor HIgh School department year courses In AmerIcan HISIOYY and Geography are offered AmerIcan HIstory traces the development of the UnIted States from the perIod of dlscovery to the present contrIbutIng a valuable understandnng of the events the persons and the Issues Involved World HIstory enlarges the horIzon It relates the story of our country to the hIstory of the rest of the world and QIVES a com prehensIve vIew of the OTIQIU the spread of cIvIIIzatIon and the Interdependence of peoples JewIsh HIstory offers a detaIled study of the JewIsh people from the perIod of the destructIon of the Second Temple t modern tImes, IncIudIng the establIshment of the State of Israel WhIle the course In JewIsh HIstorv stresses our peoples hlstory each of the other courses attempts to Integrate the story of world development wIth the JewIsh past AmerIcan Government analyzes the struc ture and operatIon of the government, stresses publIc ISSUES and problems, and emphaslzes the role of the Cllllen In a democracy Economncs treats the prIncIples of economIcs and the processes Involved In earnIng a lIvelIhood and satIsfyIng human wants The entlre program IS desIgned to make the student more fitted to help shape the present problems, and course of the future The aIm of the SocIal StudIes depart ment IS To know more of the past, to understand more of the present and thus be eqUIpped for the future JEWISH HISTORY A relatuvely new mem ber to the SocIal StudIes department IS the class In .lewlsh HIstory The need for such a class was reaIIzed three years ago The students truly ap precnate thIs course SINCE It CONTINUES wIth the story of our people from the perIod usually reached In the mornIng classes, to our very own days ID cIudIng the foundmg of the State of Israel Thirty eIght . I7 T J 4 T 1 n v a I ' . 1 I ' ' . , - ' I s 4 u Q I . . . . . , . , I , . . . I ' - more conscious of the past, more able to understand f . . . ,, . . 0 , ,, , . , . I .. IK! 1 IP X I I ' K fill' 'I 4' Q I fl K 'N' 'P ,

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MEMOIRS n 31 11'facfevm4 .S- .E2 '2',,..-- -gil:-I 1 e?7f l hi All mfs I' H N. I 57121515 T L I: 'Q 1 dig Qubmll 1 U a'0 If AQ., 'so A Q. 7 jlhmmllf gf l 2 i .6 X I ' 7 It xx r ,ff 4 ff au: ag f Zy l ' If X2 f ' 1 Z! ff,-fggif The Chucago Jewush Academy us sungularly favored un the mastery of foreugn language In vuew of the fact that students un general are euther bulungual or trulungual they already possess a measure of sprachgefuhl or language feelung upon undertakung the study of French or Spanush The four pruncupal obuectuves whuch we aum to attaun are understandung the spoken word abuluty to converse read and wrute The text books are selected on the basus of suutabuluty for the durect method of teachung Thus method deems all language skulls to be of equal umportance The unstructuon materual contauns udeas of unterest and sugnutlcance un terms of the learners back ground of experuence and us constructuon on scuentuflc graduatuon of vocabulary uduom and grammatucal usage All 8A students un the Academy are enrolled un the .lunuor Language course Thus course us guven prumaruly for the purpose of oruentung the prospectuve hugh school freshmen un the varuous languages offered Thus durung the last semester of theur prumory educatuon the pupuls become acquaunted wuth the ruduments of French Latun and Spanush and thereby acquure a sense ot lunguustuc comparuson On the basus of thus oruentatuon although recessaruly lumuted un scope the student us un a better posutuon to elect or unducate preference for the partucular language as hus sequence The value of toreugn language un the hugh school curruculum can be Iustufied on varuous grounds Among others may be cuted an enruchment of the vocabulary un Englush and an umprovement un Englush grammar as well as a gaun un cosmopolutan outlook and a tolerant and sympathetuc attutude toward the people whose lan guage us beung studued Forty l T I T I . t ' ' '-.Jw uw T I ,u lwl. ur -I i 'xg u - ' ll V 'l u ' ' , V l W , 4 A il V lu ' ul ul l' '. l V ' 4 l :lull 1 uu- u u l A ' g 5 - ,:,,I'.,' I YM I ll ' u :six 'ei l ,lu ,ul , 'r g - q Q r M-- -..:g,gfL1 c ' ' . ' :' . . A - - 4'1 ' 4 'I 'l gg-?:'??::':L:f, 1 cg iii, L lix! We at ut- uf -u-ev ul J' at , ,A If , ,, I ,X , E Af, T A f T. ,W -ful at 'Tuff f T X ' tru, ,uf y A ,.,f 4 . 1 If !, , Q' F:-1-riff :,.,.,,,x ',- .4 ll' - liv' X 341- Ei!- x:?LE.,.L ' A f 'X. M l K'-2 if gr ai l? f 5 XR A V 5 ' l 1- 4' in T ' , d' 5 5 uf fe fvf-f u i l- f 9' - of ff' T u .K ' , ff ,Ac K .eu 1 uw ,T ff su ' ,u igff. N -fifff-,,1IQ- J, , , t , 7 Y, 1.-, . uf, ,T of A A ef- u ll Il I ' ' '. ' : ' I I I .. . . I .