Richard Montgomery High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockville, MD)

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3G AMERICAN HISTORY 'Phis year the study of American history has taken on a new and more serious air. In view of tin1 situation in the world today, students find it necessary to have a thorough knowledge of this subject. Through use of the abundant supply of history ami reference books and under the able guidance of their instructor, they are able to become better acquainted with Democracy, its history and problems. Self-expression is encouraged through maps, charts or any special reports which the student wishes to mak t)ne of the most recent history projects was a mural, depicting the Bill of Rights, which was made by the eleventh grade Academic group. The students now fully realize that by earnest study they can acquire those qualities which go to make better citizens of them. 7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES The theme for the 7th Grade Social Studies is “Progress of Man. ’ In understanding and studying this theme we have studied the following factors: Power. Medicine, Transportation. Industrial, Revolution, Communication, Changing Civilization, spread of Europe into the United States, the rich man of the earth, physical comfort, high standards of living and home of many nationalities and races. The fact that our civilization is a changing one has been stressed. It was also learned that almost every change that has come in the way that people live in the United States was paralleled in other industrial countries by a similar change. 8 A SCIENCE The following are some of the topics and activities that 8A have been studying in Health Science. At the beginning of the course each pupil made a chart by which he could check his daily health habits. Individual foot prints were taken to discover any need for correction of weakened arches and to see if properly fitting shoes were being worn. Some of the topics discussed so far have been concerning muscles and how they work, proper exercise and diet, the body frame work and its use. The class is now studying the nervous system in connection with the subject of “What makes people behave as they do.” We hope through learning about reflex actions, habit formation, instruction and deliberate impulses we may train ourselves to develop better habits of the mind in order to be a more pleasant individual. 8B SOCIAL STUDIES In Social Studies Ula s we do three kinds of work. Some time is spent in individual or group reference work. Reference work is done in the classroom and in the library. After we have found our material we have a class discussion so that everyone will then understand the work. When we have discussed the material enough, we take time to write what we can about the work. At present we are concluding our study of the Industrial Revolution and how it influences our lives today. r 24 ]

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JUNIOR HOME ARTS The Home Arts course that is offered in the school has a great many advantages. It gives every girl a chance to learn the essentials of cooking, sewing, budgeting and other helpful hints for homemaking. The girls learn more through the actual experience in the modernized home economics apartment than could possibly be learned through reading and discussion. VOCATIONAL GIRLS The Major Home Economics class has had a successful year. The girls carried out a program that they assembled in .September. The plans were made to provide enough variation in the work to meet the needs of each girl in the class. The program began with an analysis of recipes for party foods, which culminated in a tea. The group enjoyed planning, preparing and serving Christmas dinners in class. Then the girls started making their dresses, wool suits and coats and were proud of being able to wear them for the spring season. An especially interesting unit included a study of the social significance of housing, home improvement, house planning and management. The program was concluded with a home nursing project which proved to he very practical. It is felt that this year’s work in home economics has done much to help each girl to be a better member of her family and better prepared to take the responsibilities of a homemaker. 7C ENGLISH Seventh grade English furnishes the students with many experiences. The aim of this English is to furnish the child with as many and as great a variety of interests and contacts with things and people as is possible. This course does not only-present materials but it also embraces the need for the adjustment which every student needs before learning takes place. There is much need for guidance in expression and it is here that the skills and techniques are used. Many forms of expressions are used such as group discussions, informal speeches prepared speeches, debates, conversations, themes and all forms of written expressions. VOCATIONAL SHOP “A mechanic is born but he isn’t born a mechanic. He must be trained just the same as a lawyer or a doctor.” The Vocational Department offers a diversified course in industrail education, the aim being to pre-part those boys mechanically inclined to be better fitted to enter some trade of industry. With this in mind, the methods of instruction in the shop, in so far as possible, are those that would he emyployed in actual industrial situations and much of the work is done on a production basis. This year, the construction of fine furnitures has been emphasized, ns well as several production projects. [23]

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