King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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Social Studies Department Offers Variety of Courses Mr. Edwin Sluder class. dresses a government The Social Studies program at King offers a wide variety of subjects to stu- dents. World and American History and Government which are required for grad- uation, as well as geography, sociology, and advanced social studies are taught. This year social studies sponsored a one- day debate and discussion on the Novem- ber Vietnam moratorium. American history is mandatory for juniors and government is usually taken in the senior year. Some of the American history program is team-taught. The social studies department leans heavily on the audio-visual department for teaching aids. Films are shown regularly to students. Junior, Beckye Brown, looks over her American History just before a big test.

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:% Coach Calvin Ward Coach Don Fuqua Coac h Ronald Miller Coach Paul Guy Dillon Mrs. Audrey Boney Miss Mary McLean All students must have 25 2 credits in physical education and 5 2 credit in health before graduation. This makes it in- evitable that a student will pass through this department on his way out. Both boys ' and girls ' health classes were team taught this year for the first time. Each class took up standard health units plus the civil defense course in first aid and disaster training. Girls ' physical education classes enjoy- ed units in archer} ' , field ball, volleyball, and basketball. Boys ' P. E. classes had units in Softball, track, basketball and football. Tennis is the only co-educational P. E. class offered at King. Athletics is offered for all boys in varsity or junior varsity sports. For those students who are physi- cally handicapped special classes are made available. Girls in one of the P.E. classes practice the skills of archery. Coach Jerry Weiser braves the cold to be with his golf team on the green. Facult - 139

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Senior Wayne Hankins shows his class some of the aspects of South American geography. A social studies department would be incom- plete without a world globe. Do I hear the crinkling of candy wrappers? questions Mrs. Joanne Myers defiantly. Mrs. Dorothy Roby Air. David Minnick Miss Virginia Mr. Edwin Sluder Mrs. Margarita Mr La Try Lanmon Mrs. Joanne Myers Mr. James Comstock Macmannus Blackwood Faculty 141