St Josephs High School - HiWay Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Above: With a characteristic gesture, Mr. Moore in U.S. History drives home a condemnation of imperialism. Right: Latin American History students Tom Marosz and John Minczeski pre- pare a map. Colonial social customs are the point of discussion in Sister John Joseph ' s U.S. History. 26

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Writing, writing, writing — that ' s the way to learn. Here Kathy Thibideaux and other Latin students put their translations on the board for criticism. lead in a practice dialogue. In the field of languages both departments at St. Joseph ' s ofTer four years of English. Four years of Latin are available for boys and two years for girls. As a modern language two years of Spanish are an option with boys and a like two years in French for girls. St. Joseph ' s as yet has no lan- guage lab, but many of its instruc- tors are trained through summer study in the use of labs. They are ready when labs are available. As it turns out, it is left to the individual teacher which method of instruction will be used. In Spanish Brother Anton uses a direct method, teaching Spanish in Spanish with a heavy stress on films, filmstrips, and tapes. Tapes are used in French and Latin classes to drill verb forms and sentence structure, and dialogue tapes enable the student to achieve greater ease in conversation. A slide lecture on Mexico is given by Brother Anton to his Spanish students. 25

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In Social Studies audio- isuaI aids ha e become increasingly pop- ular. Particularly is this true in history and geography. Brother Wilbert, for example, has a regu- lar schedule of films that tie diiect- ly to the material in history covered at a particular time. A series of filmstrips on the Spanish conquer- ors was presented by Mr. De Vleigher in his Latin American History ' class. Bulletin boards, tastefully and regularly covered with interesting pictures, charts, and maps, help foster student interest in subject matter. The range of social studies avail- able is great. In the boys ' depart- ment U.S. History and Goxern- ment are required. World History, Economics, Latin American His- toi-) ' , and Geography are electives. The girls department presents World Histoiy to either freshmen or sophomore students. U.S. His- tory-, Government, and Sociology follow in the jimior and senior years. Presidential elections in the fall made outside material useful. TIME and NEWS VEEK pubr lished articles on current evenfs which were used extensively in Government courses. Social Studies Interpret the Changing Times An explanation of Triangular Trade made by Paula Majcher in Sister Do- lorine ' s U.S. History.