Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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T.V. supplemented study in world history classes. Pro¬ grams on Africa were viewed. Making use of this aid are FRONT ROW: Dan Bogner, Bob Grenda, Ed Sharpe, BACK ROW: Mike Marshall. social studies courses strive to analyze TO FIND THE POSITIONS of the world ' s major nations, Randy Hawkins consults an Atlas map and a globe. With the map Randy can find mountains and principal rivers and cities. The globe gives him a per¬ spective of the countries ' positions in relation to one another. PRESENTING HIS VIEWS on the Korean situa¬ tion, Randy Snyder debates in History IV class.

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acquaints pupils with foreign neighbors Language students studying Spanish, French, or Ger¬ man used the language lab to improve their pronunci¬ ation and understanding of skills. The language lab seats 40 students and equips them with individual tapes and earphones. The classes worked as a group or individually on the translation and pronunciation of certain tapes. Spanish classes used records and movies to help ac¬ quaint them with the Spanish language. Students made speeches in Spanish and had spelling bees, using the Spanish pronunciation of the alphabet. Advanced classes presented skits and sang folk songs, while fourth year students read OMNIBUS OF SPANISH LITERATURE to acquaint them with famous Spanish literary works. French classes, in addition to learning the irregular verbs, vocabulary, and new nasal sounds, spent two days a week in the language lab. The singing of French Christmas carols added variation to the classes. Match, a French magazine, and other pieces of French literature were available in the classroom for student reading. Students studying German were required to make a three minute speech on a topic of their choice. Part of the final exam consisted of an oral speech in which the student selected a card with a topic and had fiva min¬ utes to prepare a talk on it. Every week German students received a magazine written in German which contained features, crossword puzzles, and jokes. SOMBRERO IN HAND, Spanish I student Paul Torres gives a report on Mexico to inform his classmates of the way people live and work in a Spanish speaking country.

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COMPARING DAILY PRICES, Mike Sutherland and Phil Hilty obtain knowledge of the stock market in economics. past, current world “Neanderthal Man,” King Tut, Caesar, and Hitler were some persons introduced to those taking world history. A study of man’s inventions and his explorations enabled students to follow the course of history. U.S. History, a course full of dates and famous people, instructed the students in the heritage of their country. Making book reports and scale models of forts and bat¬ tles were required assignments in some classes while opinion polls enabled other classes to express their views on events of historical significance. Learning the function of federal, state, and local government was the task of every government class. To give the students a first-hand look at city government in action, teachers planned a visit to City Hall. Economics, a semester course related to government, dealt with the cost of living and how market prices and working-man wages affect an American’s everyday life. Maps and charts were used in geography to show land surface conditions and relative position and boundaries of the world’s countries. Classes learned how the natural resources can affect a country’s strength. New classes appeared on the curriculum this year. Among them was U.S. History III and IV, a two-semester pilot-course launched by the social studies department. This informal class was limited to 12 to 15 A and B his¬ tory students who showed interest in analyzing recent historical events. No tests were given, but each student was graded on his contributions to the discussions. TO KEEP UP with education problems, Kathy Wozniak studies The American Observer, a weekly paper on current events. Students in government classes used the paper to keep in¬ formed about national and international happenings. PAUSING A MOMENT, Mr. Georgas contemplates Glen Cantwell ' s history questions as Hazel Straub looks on. 13