Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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i r i i : I f I I I LLi : ‘Zr • i Highlighting social studies curriculum for 1961-62 was airborne television instruction. This was an experimental project which was carried on in Mr. John Wagner’s history classes for the first time in Tech’s history. Students on both the technical and vocation- al courses were required to take government, economics, U.S. history, world history, and geography. MIKE SELJAN, Jim Smiley, and Alice Gordon used latitude and longitude lines to locate specific places in the world while their instructor, Mr. Ross Goodrich, watched for mistakes. PARTNERSHIPS were the main topic being discussed in Mr. Callantine’s Economics class.

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MR WESLEY held class discussion on world events in his World History class. TV Aided History Study 12

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MR CLYNE, front page of Journalism instructor, explained a newspaper to his class. the FAY REAVES, Marsha Remesnik, and Barbara Tucker used the glossary and dictionary for vocabulary exercises in their Special English II class. Tech Taught Communication Skills — Necessary The ability of citizens to talk, listen, read, and write efficiently and with understanding is essential to a democracy. Every student at Tech is required to take seven semesters of English. In addition, the pupils on the Technical Course are required to take eight semesters, the eighth course being English VII or composition. Also included on the curriculum are speech and literature classes. BOYS CONCENTRATED HARD on their reading lesson in Mr. Rudd’s Remedial Reading class. 14