Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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Social Studies Gave Students a Deeper Geography students concentrate on completing their maps of Europe. World history classes made replicas of medieval manors. Sociology classes held panel discussions. 28

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Closer to Customs of Many Nations This year, as in years past, Willkie High School offered three foreign languages. Bystudyingthe customs, history, and the way of expression of a people, a better under standing of others in our world was brought forth and received. Latin, an ancient tongue, is the basis for many of the languagesoftoday's world . The language and the customs of the Ancient Romans were taught by Mrs. Sharp. This year, the course was narrowed to two years of study. Spanish is the language of many of our Latin American neighbors. This year,the language was presented to Willkie students byMr. Compton. In Spanish classes, students used tape recorders to work on translations, comprehension, and pattern drills. Magazines from Spanish speaking countries were read to gain abetter understanding of Spanish culture. French, considered by some to be the most beautiful of all the Romance languages, was taught by Miss Cole. French students wrote descriptive sentences about pictures as vocabulary studies, along with their regular work. They also wrote dialogues which they presented to the class. Both French and Spanish were two-year courses. Gloria Piirto practices French conversation as Mrs. Cole looks on. 27

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Insight into Today’s Problems. This year being the one for the National election, politics seemed to be on the tongue of every American. There seemed to be a desire to know a little more about our country and how it operated . Many Americans became involved in bitter and antagonizing discussions during this time of conflict and tension. Stu -dents in social studies classes at Willkie were no exception. Discussions in world history, U.S. History, civics, geography, sociology, psychology, and economics classes made students aware of the social problems and working of the government in the past and present. Social studies teachers were: Mr. Phil Brown, Mr. Singleton, Mr. Ward, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Hiatt, Mr. Spear, and Mrs. Merritt. After a discussion of politics, Andy Baker and Jeff Ball analyze political cartoons. Juniors taking U.S. History enjoyed lively discussion of our country's past. 29