Dondero High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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Pupils Study Mankind Preparing To Be Men Anthropology - the study of man - ac- quaints the student at Dondero, through its diverse social studies department, with valuable examples that serve as guides to various paths to possibly follow in one's lifetime. A student is first introduced to social studies in freshman civics and geography. Here they learn basic facts to familiarize them with the situations they will be dealing with as sopho- mores in social studies, world geography, andfor world history, all electives. Juniors and seniors are required to take American History, govern- ment, and then economics andfor sociology, respectively. These areas of social studies, separate courses as they are, do maintain a close relationship be- tween each other and many times overlap. For example, sociology will deal with economics as it influences group life and American History and its evolution will become more meaningful with a basic understanding of our government from civics. Carrie Lee's Chinese Restaurant was visited by Mrs. Crossman's History of Religion classes as part of her policy of teaching through personal experience. After their excursion, one pupil who participated was prompted to say, . . . eating with chopsticks was very rewarding! . Below, Miss Allen conducts her entire World Geography class, in their typical informal at- mosphere, during a round-table discussion. 'Nfl .

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