Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Social Studies ,,,,M., Mr. George Clayton, Social Studies chairperson, has been here five years. I96 -Academics X Faculty Pictured above are the Social Studies team leaders Mr Ra Housel . - - Y Y organized the American History team, Mrs. Sue Dellacroce, tl'1e'gov- ernment team, and Mrs. Reba Daughtrey, World History team.

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Debate class went to many con- tests. Mike Zimmerman was a finalist in the Optimist Oration contest. Many individual awards were received. Debaters competed in eleven tournaments. information is collected from libraries and ordered. Mrs. Vickie Rude trains and sponsors this class through many contests all year. Communication Skills is taught by Mrs. Carol Bartosh and centered around visual media. This year such activities as technical communica- tion, photographic essay, advertis- ing lay-outs and the designing of album covers were included. Learning to be an informed con- sumer of mass communication was the emphasis of Journalism l. Stu- dents studied violence on television and movies, move regulations, and laws governing the free press in the United States. The class moved from an overview of the field into the study of basic newspaper skills including the selling of advertisment, designing an effective publication, and writing features, news articles, and editorials. The maior production of the Journalism I classes was the April Peregrine, Journalism II included advance work in publications. The yearbook and newspapers were the projects of the advanced students. All designs, writing, and photography were planned and carried out by the advanced students. Grace Oehlers, Wayne Wilson, and Debby Berger took part in a presentation for the sale of yearbooks and newspapers. During freshman English class, many students get comforta- ble while reading from textbooks. Academicsflzaculty

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Mr. Ed Burleson, Mr. Sam Faris, American History American History, Sociology Mr. Alan Meek, American History TEACHERS NOT SHOWN: Miss Joy Berger Mr. Mike Day Mr. Larry Forson Mrs. Deborah Hill Mrs. Celia Riddle Mrs. Vickie Rude Miss Leslie Sowers Mr. Bart Oliphant, American History . Daughtrey readies the film projector for the World History classes. Edu- onol films are a large part of the Social Studies department. Mrs. Judy Swasey, American History Movies, Field Trips Heighten Interest The Social Studies department moved right along through the year. Students taking the course were exposed to games, movies, tapes, lectures, field trips, and written work out of an issued text. Four independent classes made up the Social Studies Department. These classes were American History, World History, Government, and Sociology. This year, American History Class held a mock presidential election. The overall winner from the separate classes turned out to be Gerald Ford. Bill Archer presented the Freedom Shrine, a display of basic American documents, to the American History classes. The American History team consists of ten teachers. Mr. Ray Housley, team leader, Miss .loy Berger, Mr. Ed Burleson, Mr. Mike Day, Mr. Sam Faris, Mr. Alan Meek, Mr. Bart Oli- phant, Miss Leslie Sowers, Mrs. Judy Swasey, and Mr. Bobby Ward. Group activities accented the World History classes. Two of these consisted of making an Egyptian newspaper and drawing murals illustrating American and French Revolu- tion. Students viewed the film Nickolas and Alexandra, to highlight their study of Russian History. Academics X Faculty