R Nelson Snider High School - Safari Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Social Studies Department Questioning, listening furthers understanding Mr. Franzman establishes a point during a lecture in the U. S. History class. Why? This question is often asked in classes but most often in So- cial Studies classes. Why did this event happen? Whet her it be the population explosion in Sociology or the Wage-Price Freeze in Economics, the burning of the White House in U.S. History or the riot at Attica in Values and Issues; each event raises questions about what caused it and therefore starts long discussions. Of- ten these discussions play an impor- tant part in a student ' s understanding of the subject. Other methods of learning which are used frequently are lectures, movies, and research. The Social Studies Department offers courses at each class level; Health and Safety for freshmen, World History for sophomores, U. S. History for juniors, Government, Economics, Sociology, and Values and Issues for seniors. In the Health and Safety classes, students learn about diseases and the structure of the hu- man body. The other courses involve studies of past incidents, relating them to current events, and then in turn to future events. World history and U. S. History classes study the happenings of yesterday in different parts of the world. Government, Eco- nomics, Sociology, and Values and Is- sues classes are each concerned with life today. Hopefully, these studies will help students to understand better the causes of future occurrences. They will be more aware of the social, eco- nomic, and political forces at work in the country today and be able to de- cide for themselves how they feel about a situation. In doing this they will help themselves to create a bet- ter place in which to live, where hu- man beings understand each others ' actions and intentions. MR. HAL CLINKENBEARD Govern- ment, Sociology, U. S. History, Health and Safety. MR. ADRIAN DUESLER World His- tory, Narcotics, Alcohol, and Tobacco; Debate Club sponsor, assistant base- ball coach. MR. ELMER J. FRANZMAN U. S. History. MR. ALFRED L. HEMMER Govern- ment, Sociology, U. S. History; Junior class sponsor. MR. DENNIS MCCLURG U. S. His tory, World History, Values and Issues; Social Studies Department Chairman, Social Studies Club sponsor. MR. GARY PATTERSON Govern- ment, World History; football coach, wrestling coach. MR. THOMAS C. SCHUCKEL U. S. History. MR. VICTOR E. STECH Sociology, Health and Safety. MR. STANLEY VOLZ U. S. History. MR. ROBERT A. WEAVER Econom- ics, Government. MR. RON WICHERN Sociology, World History; Lettermen ' s Club spon- sor, cross country coach. MR. H. DOUGLAS WILLIAMS U. S. History, World History; Freshmen wrestling coach. 30