Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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. y I SMcipal Roger Rankin and teacher 1'1 Browh sit back and take it 9393' 38 they listen and learn at a Mk city counpil meeting. Social Studies American history teacher, Kelly Smith prepares to give his class a test. Mfgim m yx ,1 Wixwmt; The social studies department consists of six faculty members. The civics class taught by Russ Foster, James Merrell and Joe Tokarz is required for all freshman. The course consists of one unit each on the Missouri Constitution and the United States Constitution. Re- quired state tests were administered throughout the year. All students are re- quired to pass the constitution tests in or- der to graduate from high school. World history, taught by Ed Gunter and Joe Tokarz is a required course for all sophomores. World history helps the stu- dents to understand how the past shapes the future. It is a study of man from his primitive beginning to the present. A trip back in time Social Studies Social partment. Students become more familiar with dif- ferent religions, imperialism, nationalism, feudalism, World War I and II, Incas, Az- tecs, Myas, colonialism, exploration and much more. American history taught by Dave Brown, Kelley Smith and Joe Tokarz, is a required course for every high school stu- dent by state law. American history is a study of America from the 1860s to the present. Throughout the year, history students were required to write and give oral re- ports over history-making events. Other courses offered by the social stud- ies department were World Geography, Law Enforcement, Sociology and Psychol- ogy. Muhlcipal Judge, Emilia Harris and Police Chief Robert Beard partici- pate in Student Government Day sponsored by the Social Studies De- 63 . 4.. y. -rum;--v--u--aWWWWchMWlLWm.Ww-Hgmwphvmm.g$kh,uh. .. , h

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