Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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all Why pay someone to complete your income tax forms when you can easily learn to do it yourself in civics class? Social studies cover every Rapid transportation and communication have brought all points of the world clos- er together, but the different peoples have not yet achieved complete harmony in living together, either as nations or as individuals. Social studies help to create world fellowship, for knowledge of other countries and their existing conditions helps to erase misunderstand- ing, Information on world events and people is available in many forms-class instruction, radio, television, newspapers. World history builds a background of gen- eral knowledge of many countries and their places in world affairs. In United States history, year-long sessions of preparing unit outlines are climaxed bya study of World Wars l and ll and post-war events. The specialized social studies, which in- clude sociology, civics, economics, and political geography, are each character- ized by different and effective ways of teaching. The regular civics textbook is supplemented by Here ls Your Indiana Government. For sociology students, bul- letin board clippings, notebooks on out- side reading, a Ouija board, and a pizza party create more enthusiasm for learning. Matters related to earning a living are discussed in economics. Political geogra- phy involves more than a study of bounda- ries-it is also a study of governments. Mr. Brown Mr. Buckwalter Mr. Cornelius Miss Eldridge Mr. Harkin Mr. Highbaugh 26

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Paper and tape-if changed to models of many-sided figuresehelp solid geometry classes visualize difficult problems. All mathematics is cumulative, one step leads to Mr. Shanks Mrs. Troy the next, thus the ability to solve a complicated problem, regardless of its type, depends upon occur- acy in performing the basic operations-addition, subtraction, multiplication, division - and upon familiarity with the various methods of application. From the first grade to the twelfth, the study of mathematics is simply a means of acquiring new tech- niques while developing more facility with the old. 25

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i J phase of man s life in an attempt to find reasons for his ways Guinea pigs for ci health cmd safety class have difficulty distinguishing between foods which they connof see or smell. Mr. Jamison Mr. Lyle Miss Newcomb Mr. Potacsil Mr. Roberts Mr, Ulmer I