Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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An on-the-spot recording session of the US Army Band is used as an instrument identification assignment by Mr. Lunsford. Humanities Growth Stimulated by Contact With Outer Environs Students, whether knowledge-seeking Freshmen or arguing Seniors, gained insight into man and his environment-that puzzling, ever-changing, yet always interesting study. The topography of Timbuctoo . . . , the economics of Ethiopia . . . , the wild pleasures of the Carribean . . . ; nothing was held back from the curious Freshmen in World Ge- ography. The more sedate Sophomores studied ancient civilizations, industrial revolutions, and international relations. Juniors, aided by outside reading assign¬ ments, reviewed the institution and develop¬ ment of the United States, while their more advanced peers surveyed the changing con¬ cepts and ideas of the American people in the newly-conceived American Civ. course. Senior government classes battled verbally the theories of national, state, and local government. Democracy took on a new mean¬ ing as they organized and amended their own constitution. Simulated government games, lessons of the Great Books and controversial discussions challenged Seniors in Humanities. The gardens of a monastery provide fertile ground for spreading roots in the study of Man and his place in Nature’s framework. 14

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A required subject for Seniors, the Government course features an in-depth study of the democratic state. Humanities Nitty-gritty” of Text Proves Good Point of Departure Haunting lyrics of a Joan Baez record . . . the heavy sounds of E n-a-gadda-da- vidda . . . the wail of jazz-blues band . . . no, not sounds from the Music Department. It was Sophomore, Junior, and Senior thematic English classes studying The Ballad, Rock Poetry and the Age of Jazz. This innovation in the department allowed the student to select topics according to his interests. Thematic electees were presented with a variety of enticing choices: The Art of Filming, Contemporary Man, Growing Up in Literature and Black America. Each nine week course employed novels, movies, record¬ ings and debates to analyze the theme topic. For accelerated students, there was the Junior ' s American Civilization course and the Senior Humanities Seminar. These were integrated courses combining history, govern¬ ment, philosophy and the arts with English literature and composition. Freshmen were instructed by the ' Tra¬ ditional method and looked forward to the time when they, too, could elect their courses. Jim McCann, Linda Blundell, Janice Cooper and Dennis Brown find dramatic enactment helps project meaning. 13

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Humanities instructors find relish in observing the learning process . . . . . . through the gaiety of the Hora as well as through rigors of logic and philosophy. Delving further into the study of Man and Religion, students visit places of worship in Wahington, D.C. 15