Newcastle High School - Blue Racer Yearbook (Newcastle, OK)

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ferent the whole year. After mastering state and nation- al levels of history, students fur- thered their history knowledge by taking World History. The two clas- ses, open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, travelled from the Pa- leolithic Era and touched on all the important dates in history up to the present day. Taking tests in Mr. Greg Pierson's classes was brain stretching, so Jeopardy was played to relax the class members. It also built up a little competition between the juniors and seniors. Discussing current events from the Daily Oklahoman, the POD class gave reports, made notebooks. and went on trips to see court ses- sions . The ten students and teacher, Mr. Jay Barnett, argued through the year on the issues of President Nixon, smoking, Watergate, foreign aid, social security, the Vietnam War, law enforcement, and Ann Lan- ders . Learn by your mistakes is a well-known phrase, yet over and over andoveragain, people make the same ones. Why take History? Other than the fact that Oklahoma and American History are required in order to grad- uate, there is always the chance of tel ling your grandkids about the good old days! Hard at work is Mrs. JoAnn Holy trying to get the lesson through to the juniors. Reading her Oklahoma History is Sherell Brown, while Frankie Wesnidge asks a ques- tion. HISTORY 19

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History: Indian Treaties, Jeopardy, Role Playing and Arguments. Do Grandma and Grandpa talk about the good old days? Taking a history class can help keep you up- to-date on the past and help you to converse about current events. Problems with Indians, land rushes, and becoming a state in 1907 were presented to the three Oklahoma History classes, consis- ting mostly of freshmen. Going beyond the state level of history into American History, more problems, famous men, important battles, and the Constitution were studied by role-playing, making projects, and giving reports. Nothing was old or boring in these two clas- ses;theydid something new and dif- Debating is heavy in American History as Lisa Babb and Lynda Crawford prove their point to Kevin Carrel. 18 HIST ORY

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20 MATH— SCIENCE DEPTS. Dissecting an earth- worm in Biology class are Jo Nell Crawford, David Speere, Diana Housh, and Glenda Shores. Hand Talk is used by Mr. Don Young, Alaebra I teacher. Math Science: Earthworms, Chemicals, Suspension Bridges, Curves, Logarithms, and Magic Squares Spilled bromide, peculiar o- dors, and forgotten formulae pre- sented challenges for students in the math and science departments. Seven different courses were offered with a total of ten classes scheduled. General Science usually ful- filled the science requirement for graduation. Freshmen had interest- ing sessions experimenting with chemicals, pu 11 ey systems, and general dissections. If a student wished to go a step further in his science pursuits. Biology was the logical course. The details of dissecting and prob-