Torrey Pines High School - Freeflight Yearbook (Del Mar, CA)

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TUNA yi t .W .ia ff t i IGM' in eri 1 1- gf A -- if gzip: 1. :xx in A K1 .... ii k o t i QW Jerry Conrad explains his fascinating history concept to his world civ. class. A new language created by students in Conrad's class. 110 I i-

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rl instructor Fred lvlarinello stressed the im' portance of the arts in all of his classes. t'lNhy are you wasting my time? he would say to students who asked him for in- ztions. l-le believed that students were in the class :reate and that he could not do it for them. ough he did have a structured lesson plan for :h period, he wanted students to use their own ds. larinello said that only a handful of students truly id the class interesting but that they benefited st. Criticism. he explained, was only used to strengf i the students' artistic capabilities and he never :ted down on a student's work as long as he knew person was creating. Whatever they say is art is larinello said it bothered him when students asked to critique their work. l-le wanted students to be ' own judges and decide for themselves whether :nt they were satisfied. My experience as an artist only give them examples to follow. You see, it's wow much experience they get from the class, it's it they do with it that counts. - Chris Thomes ,us-ef 1 5 l 5 .. '- Nuff

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M5 gs sr' I I -1- .-. I I .- I-Iisfory - The knowledge concerned wiTh The recording and explanaTion of pasi evenTs. Some inTeresTing changes were made in Thai' deTiniTion wlTh Jerry Conrad's world civiliza- Tion classes. Besides iusi siudying hisiorical in- TormaTion, Conrad's sTudenTs were given The opporTuniiy To acTually creaTe Theirown civili- zaTions. Conrad explained ThaT This would allow sTudenTs To peTTer unciersTand The con- cepT of hisToriography and how The sTudy of The pasT can pe inTerpreTed. Siudenis creaTed four culTures per class which consisied of ariifacis and languages. They really goT inTo The languages, Each one was really Terrific! Afier making Their culiures They exchanged wiTh oTher groups in order To inTerpreT for mis- inierpreij informaTion jusi as anThropologisTs have, In This way, The sTudenTs acTuaIly goT ex- perience wiTh hisToricai concepis. Conrad's ideas also influenced oTher Teachers who possibly would use his Tech- niaue for Tuiure classes. l'l wanT To Try To have my sTudenTs do hisiory, EveryThing sTudenTs learn in school, such as maih, English, biology, and oTher ciasses, They can do. By making Their own culTures. . , They are geTTing inTo The processes of hlsTory. - Chris Thames Tomi INA I is- ' 'T' 4 id ig 3 ..s,,...,s N..s,, ,ww 1 T 1 fifigi' N-T T .E H rs o it sts TM T' ' i.T 1 --'T I W 6 S CCD Q I . f s.To, .sii,s T T s- T , Q r r 5 iili playing an artifact to the class, Conrad teaches his students how to create a history. 4- An exhibition of historical artifacts created by the world civilizations classes. 111