Shadle Park High School - Sporran Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Histor Department Modernizes Exciting, different, and a little hard, expressed the opinion of many students from the new World l and ll and Humanities course that entered the his- tory department this year. Lec- tures and individual research work replaced the conven- tional text books. Students also received a college credit for the Humanities course. Government, Economics, and Contemporary World Problems classes modernized their techniques by analyzing re- cent laws passed, the story of corporation, and foreign aid. Guest speakers helped to stim- ulate student interest in eco- nomic classes. Mr. George Manning, who taught Govern- ment and United States His- tory this year stated, Even the students who don't, or haven't liked history have taken a more active interest this year than formerIy. Go- ing on, he said, Students to- day seem better informed on world and political affairs, this is largely due to television. Art, literature, and music helped the U.S. History stu- dents understand the philo- sophical approach to history, as they worked on a research paper this year. Finding new answers to old problems and working inde- pendently, the sophomores studied the basic facts of World History. Northwest History replaced Washington State History for those who didn't receive Washington State History as freshmen. Students are re- quired to take this course to graduate. Jessie Sussek and Chris Brannan animatedly discuss a problem in third period Northwest History. fa.: '--' t ' f' f-- f ' - as r N 'e-r ' l'-VHWW A---Masai' '

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The Humanities class was divided into four groups. While two of these small seminars were in ses- sion, two other groups of approxi- mately the same size studied indi- vidually in the library. These groups were a part of the plan for college level study and comments made by the students showed their effectiveness. One girl remarked on how each day was scheduled to prepare her for the days to follow and how this helped to ihcrease her understanding of every topic. New Course Gffers College Credits Humanities, a new course of- fered to seniors this year, gave the students an opportunity to study on a college level. They were able to delve into fine arts, philosophy, and heri- tage of English and history. Students spent two periods a day in this class combining independent study, seminars, lectures, and writing. Accord- ing to Mr. Frank Yuse, the seminars helped the student ask his own questions while challenging his opinions and positions. Mr. Frank Windishar, a new history teacher, shared class- time with Mr. Frank Yuse, who was also the instigator of the With a sigh of bewilderment, Ron Stoner drifts off into his own world of English literature. experimental, college - credit course. Since this was a college credited course, the class was required to do outside read- ing during the summer. They were expected to read the books well enough to pass any test or write any paper required. Two new faculty members were added to the English department this year. Mrs. Louise Forsyth headed a drama group. Mrs. Lynn Burn- ham directed a debate class from which the debate team for next year was chosen. This made a total of 16 teachers in the English department.