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

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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

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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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Valerie Leitko, alias Gerald Ford and poigning in the government class mock Rick Altizer, alias Jimmy Carter, make election. friends, after a strenuous bout of cam- Mrs. Vickie Rude, in conference with student, was a new addition to the government department. I98 - Academics 1' Faculty ln TOP: Valerie Leitko portraying Gerald BOTTOM: Rick Altizer, in his Jimmy Carter Ford in the mock election, had to study his role, portrayed the Georgian well, but philosophy to persuade her constituency, lost the mock election.