Marian Catholic High School - Mariner Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Father Noonan emphasizes two important dates in U.S. History. OPPOSITE PAGE MIDDLE: Sister Thomas Margaret laughs as one of her witty students tells her that bereaved Egyptians missed their mummies. PORTRAITS: Mrs. Anne Finn, Mr. Alan Marazas. OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Sister Francis Clare explains that this would be an interesting book to read on election campaigns. ABOVE: Through posters, Greg Grossi, Paul Brancky, Joe Buonadonna, Jean Kerber, and Allen Romano were able to illustrate political, scientific, and techno- logical revolutions. PORTRAITS ABOVE: Sister Francis Clare, Mr. Bernard Gahan. RIGHT: Mr. Cleary gives a short summary of the day's World Geography classwork. 24

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Social studies activate student insight Students are encouraged to become actively involved in the world through their social studies classes. World History texts covered the story of the world from ancient times and taught primarily the facets of western civilization. Teachers utilized many approaches to accom- plish this goalg that initiated by Sister Thomas IVlargaret allowed students to design their own study program concern- ing other cultures, such as those of Latin America and Russia. A mandatory course, United States History, presented essential American heritage background and prepared stu- dents for the annual Constitution tests. The teachers turned to reports on books pertinent to what they had studied to expand information given in the text. An in-depth study of the text, kept up-to-date with current newspaper and mag- azine articles, was the program pursued by Sister Francis Clare's classes. Current History students not only utilized their paper- back text, World ln Our Day, but also employed televised newscasts, Time, the Sun Times and paperbacks such as The Big Change by Frederick Lewis Allen. The course covered the years from 1914 to the present. ln oral discussions, both the liberal and conservative viewpoints of issues of each era were presented and evaluated. Another source of information was the visits of U. S. Representative Edward Derwinski and Illinois Representatives Jack Walker and Robert lVlann. Students reviewed knowledge gained by pe- riodically participating in lVlr. Cleary's history bees . They consisted of one hundred terms to be identified following the procedure of the more conventional spelling bees. The Sun Times and The Guiness Book of World Records by Norris and Ross lVlcWhirter along with supplementary books such as lVlap Skills complemented the World Geog- raphy text. Classwork dealt mainly with geography as it is related to political history. A country's background was analyzed and probed into during class discussions. Insight into the world and general knowledge were satis- fying results of the completion of student's social study courses. Reise: l J' 5 ,i ' 1 s X X ,N feb. 1 -ea .sie