St Marys Academy - Madonna Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Future Voters Obtain Christian View of Government ond Society Q :IIA yr Miss Marion points out details concerning the Senate to civics students Judy Swanson and Emily Fabryckr The seniors and the Chinese had something in common this year, for the civics class proceeded from the final chapters to the first in the text, tackling the basic business of governmental or- ganization before discussing modern social and economic problems. Outside work, including in- formation concerning individual states, book re- ports, and the proverbial term paper on a current problem, allowed members of the class to explore their special fields of interest. Since civics is an ever-changing subiect, weekly reading of Time kept the class up to date on cur- rent developments, and the students left the class- room with a better understanding of today's tense world situation. With the recent admittance of Alaska as the 49th state, the senior civics class submitted various designs to be used in the new flag. Here Liz Dwyer explains her arrangement and compares it with the original flag.

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Study of the Post Gives Wise Counsel for the Future Taking a keen interest in the foundation of their country are Mary Jo Farrell, Cathy Parish and Karen Gordon, as they study the Constitution in United States History class. Following years of social studies, the world history classes thought, at the beginning of the year, that there couldn't possibly be anything more to learn. They soon discovered just how wrong they were, after a glance at that thick book. The class studied the history of the major nations of the world, and realized that an event in any one coun- try could have effects in another country even many years later. Learn by others' mistakes-that was one of the lessons gained from the course. Once a week, attention was centered on current world events as presented in World Week maga- zine. All this provided valuable background for the American History course which followed. In American History, students became familiar with the basis of the United States government-the Constitution-and saw how its principles have been applied to varying situations. The class also traced the history of basic rights and freedoms, and how they have developed through law and custom. All this added up to a better understanding ot the world as it is today. Further knowledge of history in the making was gained by weekly discussions of articles in Time magazine. Students in world history class, alert to the words of their instructor, realize the importance of seemingly insignifi- cants events in the growth 'and decline of nations. 86

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