Nevada High School - Nevamo Yearbook (Nevada, MO)

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fx LATIN ls made meanlngful. ABOVE: Mrs. Donna Harrington uses drlll cards to establish a strong vocabulary In her puplls' mlnds. UPPER LEFT: Steve McGrew, Ken DeVan, Gary Lechman. and Mary Smith play Scrabble as part of their Latln I actlvltles. INSERT: Mrs. Donna Harrington, Latln. Latin Latin Is Not A Dead Language Mrs. Donna Harrington declared, Many people thlnk that Latln ls a dead language. I feel that It is my lob to reveal just how very much alive It really is. Many alds were used to make the language and customs reallstlc for the students. One of these, Scrabble, has long been a favorite and was well received again this past year. This game required deep thought on the part of the student as well as a good Latln-English diction- ary. Other alds Included collages, films, and workbooks. Thus, Rome-its people, its problems-sprang to Ilfe through translations of Classical literature. Imagination and common sense were stressed in these trans- lations, to make the Roman Empire meaning- ful to students Involved at NHS.

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Spanish Miss Donna Fisk Returns to NHS New ideas, new approaches, and a new face added to last year's comprehension of the Spanish language. Class discussions were held in oral Spanish. Miss Donna Fisk, who returned to NHS from Columbia, Missouri, where she had been teaching at the Lab school, led the discussions. Miss Fisk said, Using the words every day is necessary for the understanding of the language. We talked in Spanish and held discussions with the words they had learned from their texts. Headphones and visual aids also helped the students. Colorful bulletin boards with Spanish titles led students to develop their vocabularies and to better comprehend the culture of the Spanish people. Artifacts and relics, gathered by Miss Fisk while studying at the University of Mexico, made the subject more meaningful to the students. PARTICIPATION Increases Interest ln Spanish. ABOVE: First year Spanish students, Jlm Faith, Kathy Sunthlmer, Sherri Cheney, Ann Ross, Steve Byers, and Steve Jacobs, work -on their assignments. UPPER RIGHT: Miss Donna Flsk arranges a bulletin board which ls used to promote thought. LOWER RIGHT: Flrst-year students, Tanya Dawson and Steve Byers examine Interesting Spanish relics. INSERT: Miss Donna Flsk, Spanish.

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History Current Events Modernize Courses Current events took precedence over other facets of History at NHS, during the 1973-'74 year. More and more teachers worked to develop interest in affairs of world interest. Important happenings were reported on, discussed, and analyzed. The students were made aware of the many historic actions of their own nation. Interest soared when the Watergate affair hit the press, and current event discussion became strong and furious with Mr. Agnew's resignation. Mrs. John Osborne, Seventh-grade Social Studies teacher, said, It's important for people, even the Junior high, to keep abreast of what is hap- pening around us. The world is really small when events half-way across it affect our daily lives. In conjunc- tion with these current events, daily work, maps, films, and other visual aids were used to introduce the people and events of modern history into our own modern world. HISTORY STUDENTS analyze the world. UPPER RIGHT: Miss Patrlcla Rooney directs Llnda Orendor and Kathy Ford In their search for Important locations. MIDDLE: Rocky Herring reports on a current event ln World Geography. LOWER RIGHT: Dennls Baker and Sharon Knapp flnd current events with the ald of Mrs. Ruth Anne Osborne. s - if so Q X FTQI' I I I I I I I Nh,