Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Doug Brite Linda Brown Leslie Broz Joey Brunet Connre Bugg Le Ann Bullock Brent Bunge Steve Burgess JoAnn Burk Kent Burnett Teresa Burnett Eric Busboom Cindy Cabellero Kenneth Camp Lori Cain Carol Cannon Kenneth Cannon Billy Cantrell Diana Cantu Gary Cantu Liz Carpenter Keith Carrol Lynne Carson Fredrick Carter I N8 WWF! X 4 KH F' fr- 1 nv' fm 1 98 socialstudiesfsophomores If We I un. 'I .f . .7 fnrfifgij map and figures to determine 1 Jerry Thorne and Rita Conner examine a voting boundary placement in Porter's Urban Class. 2 Gary Glaspy excavates for fossils, bones and relics in sandboxes in Mr. Belden's Advanced Social Studies Problems class. We learned the skill of being an Anthropologist while studying the cultures of past and present societies.

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4 Mr. Belden shows Indian burial mounds in a magazine to his Guilded Age class. The American History course emphasized domestic policies from 1865 through the post-World War ll period, Politics and Ideals e learned about ourselves, the whys and wherefores of our own actions and thoughts, and we began to under- stand the way societies function, ours and others. Study- ing their beliefs and ideas led to increased understanding ot their ways. Prepared with that appreciation tor other cultures, we learned to contribute to our own, We proceeded to become informed, even active, citizens of our community, country, and world. We learned about ourselves, why we flew into a rage when our best friend talked aimlessly with a guy we liked, why we reacted to authority in the different ways we did. We gained knowledge about our own country, and the develop- ment ot our society. The contributions of minorities taught us to understand the trials and triumphs of all races, and tracing the development ot customs and traditions helped us to appreciate our culture more. We studied difterent regions, learning their physical geography and cultural lifestyles. Mrs, Irwin provided us with interesting tidbits about the private lives of kings and pharoahs, We learned why peo- ple in India could starve while plump, juicy cattle strolled through their streets. We drew maps until we could point out major cities and Iandforms in many different continents. All these learning experiences combined to make us more informed people. When ldi Amin rose to infamy in Uganda, we could vaguely picture the place. We remembered that there were many tribes and lots of other rather unimportant details pertaining to the area, but we did recall something. As we became better educated, we grew more interested in the affairs around us. Especially as we got closer and closer to social studies 97

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3 In psychology, discussion group rap sessions taught us to relate, commu- nicating openly with others. Rose Borel tells the group about her leelings toward a speaker who had just come. ua, .... .nv- js! I 4 'f1'k A 3 To Be Informed Citizens that magical age of eighteen, we found ourselves actually listening to Paid Political Advertisements. We had ample opportunity with an exciting presidential election, as well as city council elections to vote in. Whether we were able to vote or not, we had definite ideas about the right man tor president. Carter was a liberal trom out- side ot Washington. Ford was experienced. The one thing everyone agreed on was that they were voting more against one than forthe other. City council elections caused similar reactions, but generated less interest. We telt important when we said I'd vote tor McCreary adding very quietly it I were voting. Mr. Hilsabeck encouraged his government classes to make their feelings known to their student government, causing small riots on Wednesday when the representative reported. Mr. Porter's classes learned about departments in the city government by going out and interviewing department officials. We were discovering, in his words, that The government is the servant of the people, not the peoples master. We were trying to become adults and learning how to handle their responsibilities. Social Studies courses taught us about our real world, the one in which we lived and interacted. We learned to become participants in our world and we came to understand more societies than our own. These courses taught us about ourselves in our society in our nation in our world. social studies 99