Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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'lf Refreshing Senior Rick Suarez's memory of the day's exercise, Gregjones explains the assignment one more time. Trips, speakers enrich SS classes Social Studies was a department which offered varied courses from psychology to government to U.S. and world history. Students had a broad choice of courses to receive social studies credit. As part ofa unit in U.S. History, three Northwest students participated in the Close-Up Foundation in Washington, D.C. The program was an excellent op- portunity for students to get involved with and it gave them a chance to see first-hand the complications of running a country, said Cheryl McGilbray, history teacher and trip sponsor. While in the nation's capitol Donna Bolden, Barbara Bosken and Kelli Brown attended many seminars, met Senators and Con- gressemen, made many tours including the Capitol, jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Monument and White House. This was the first time a group from Northwest has participated in the program. Psychology classes went on several field trips and had many speakers come to their classroom. A mock airplane crash landing took place and many Northwest students, along with students from other schools, participated in the crash and rescue mission. The purpose of the crash was to see how Wichita and Sedgwick County emergency units would do if such an incident should occur and it helped prepare them for an incident of this magnitude. The social studies curriculum was one which took a creative teacher to vary techniques once in a while. Students could become bored and begin to slack off if nothing is there to offer them a new and different challenge. Teachers in this department most often succeeded in varying the class from time to time and found it very rewarding to keep the at- tention and interest of various students. To add variety, speakers were often in- vited in the classroom to speak to the students on many different topics. Representatives from oil companies, local businesses and agencies, and the City Commission were a few such speakers. Members from the voter registration agency came to register eligi- ble seniors for the November election. Students took field trips to the Halstead hospital and local mortuaries. y 'il' Social Studies - 135

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Yi V wa Y Explaining an assignment to the class, Cheryl McGilbray goes over some notes she while seniors took government to complete graduation requirements. Social studies has prepared for the day. All juniors were required to enroll in U.S. History classes classes offer a wide variety of classes for students to take. r Grading papers and tests and recording grades are just a small part of Bev Mitchell's job as a social studies teacher. Norma Couchman Ruth Eichler Greg jones Wes Shultz 134 0 Social Studies 55 1 gg is Asking Greg jones questions about their government assignment, Seniors Rick Suarez, Alan Young and Mark Patter son await an answer to help them with the exercise.

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f ...va -I ' ,U f.frw.- - -- .. , - LW as In the course of everyday activities, the washing and folding of clothes is just one of many duties that must be performed at home. This activity is just one of several taught to Sophomore Andrew Butler and junior Steve Leach in the EMI-I program. Grace Blum Billie Bryant Sue Cantrell . i Y joe DcSpain Wanda Ecker Karen Fields as Nancy Hancock by Linda Loveless 1 jeff Schwab, Aide ' if W is . E 136 ' Special Services W M . f' .Sw M., 21 2 W 17 f . Wgfw 'M V f,,..,,., 7 Reading books written in English helps Sophomore Hanh Nguyen get a better understanding of the new language she is having to learn.